An autobiography, or, the story of my experiments with truth / M.K. Gandhi ; translated from the original in Gujarati by Mahadev Desai ; introduced with notes by Tridip Suhrud ; foreword by Ashis Nandy

Author:: Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948
Uniform Title:: Satyanā prayogo, athavā, ātmakathā. English
Published:: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2018.
Copyright Date:: ©2018
Edition:: A critical edition.
Physical Description:: xvii, 786 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Additional Creators:: Desai, Mahadev H. (Mahadev Haribhai), 1892-1942, Suhrud, Tridip, 1965-, Nandy, Ashis, and Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948

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Machine generated contents note: I.Birth and Parentage -- II.Childhood -- III.Child Marriage -- IV.Playing the Husband -- V.At the High School -- VI.A Tragedy -- VII.A Tragedy (Contd.) -- VIII.Stealing and Atonement -- IX.My Father's Death and My Double Shame -- X.Glimpses of Religion -- XI.Preparation for England -- XII.Outcaste -- XIII.In London at Last -- XIV.My Choice -- XV.Playing the English Gentleman -- XVI.Changes -- XVII.Experiments in Dietetics -- XVIII.Shyness My Shield -- XIX.The Canker of Untruth -- XX.Acquaintance with Religions -- XXII.Narayan Hemchandra -- XXIII.The Great Exhibition -- XXIV.'Called'-but Then? -- XXV.My Helplessness -- I.Raychandbhai -- II.How I Began Life -- III.The First Case -- IV.The First Shock -- V.Preparing for South Africa -- VI.Arrival in Natal -- VII.Some Experiences -- VIII.On the Way to Pretoria -- IX.More Hardships -- X.First Day in Pretoria -- XI.Christian Contacts -- XII.Seeking Touch with Indians -- XIII.What It Is to be a 'Coolie' -- XIV.Preparation for the Case -- XV.Religious Ferment -- XVI.Man Proposes, God Disposes -- XVII.Settled in Natal -- XVIII.Colour Bar -- XIX.Natal Indian Congress -- XX.Balasundaram -- XXI.The £3 Tax -- XXII.Comparative Study of Religions -- XXIII.As a Householder -- XXIV.Homeward -- XXV.In India -- XXVI.Two Passions -- XXVII.The Bombay Meeting -- XXVIII.Poona and Madras -- XXIX.'Return Soon' -- I.Rumblings of the Storm -- II.The Storm -- III.The Test -- IV.The Calm after the Storm -- V.Education of Children -- VI.Spirit of Service -- VII.Brahmacharya-I -- VIII.Brahmacharya-II -- IX.Simple Life -- X.The Boer War -- XI.Sanitary Reform and Famine Relief -- XII.Return to India -- XIII.In India Again -- XIV.Clerk and Bearer -- XV.In the Congress -- XVI.Lord Curzon's Durbar -- XVII.A Month with Gokhale-I -- XVIII.A Month with Gokhale-II -- XIX.A Month with Gokhale-III -- XX.In Benares -- XXI.Settled in Bombay -- XXII.Faith on its Trial -- XXIII.To South Africa Again -- I.'Love's Labour's Lost'? -- II.Autocrats from Asia -- III.Pocketed the Insult -- IV.Quickened Spirit of Sacrifice -- V.Result of Introspection -- VI.A Sacrifice to Vegetarianism -- VII.Experiments in Earth and Water Treatment -- VIII.A Warning -- IX.A Tussle with Power -- X.A Sacred Recollection and Penance -- XI.Intimate European Contacts -- XII.European Contacts (Contd.) -- XIII.'Indian Opinion' -- XIV.Coolie Locations or Ghettoes? -- XV.The Black Plague-I -- XVI.The Black Plague-II -- XVII.Location in Flames -- XVIII.The Magic Spell of a Book -- XIX.The Phoenix Settlement -- XX.The First Night -- XXI.Polak Takes the Plunge -- XXII.Whom God Protects -- XXIII.A Peep into the Household -- XXIV.The Zulu 'Rebellion' -- XXV.Heart Searchings -- XXVI.The Birth of Satyagraha -- XXVII.More Experiments in Dietetics -- XXVIII.Kasturbai's Courage -- XXIX.Domestic Satyagraha -- XXX.Towards Self-restraint -- XXXI.Fasting -- XXXII.As Schoolmaster -- XXXIII.Literary Training -- XXXIV.Training of the Spirit -- XXXV.Tares among the Wheat -- XXXVI.Fasting as Penance -- XXXVII.To Meet Gokhale -- XXXVIII.My Part in the War -- XXXIX.A Spiritual Dilemma -- XL.Miniature Satyagraha -- XLI.Gokhale's Charity -- XLII.Treatment of Pleurisy -- XLIII.Homeward -- XLIV.Some Reminiscences of the Bar -- XLV.Sharp Practice? -- XLVI.Clients Turned Co-Workers -- XLVII.How a Client Was Saved -- I.The First Experience -- II.With Gokhale in Poona -- III.Was It a Threat? -- IV.Shantiniketan -- V.Woes of Third-Class Passengers -- VI.Wooing -- VII.Kumbha Mela -- VIII.Lakshman Jhula -- IX.Founding of the Ashram -- X.On the Anvil -- XI.Abolition of Indentured Emigration -- XII.The Stain of Indigo -- XIII.The Gentle Bihari -- XIV.Face to Face with Ahimsa -- XV.Case Withdrawn -- XVI.Methods of Work -- XVII.Companions -- XVIII.Penetrating the Villages -- XIX.When a Governor Is Good -- XX.In Touch with Labour -- XXI.A Peep into the Ashram -- XXII.The Fast -- XXIII.The Kheda Satyagraha -- XXIV.'The Onion Thief' -- XXV.End of Kheda Satyagraha -- XXVI.Passion for Unity -- XXVII.Recruiting Campaign -- XXVIII.Near Death's Door -- XXIX.The Rowlatt Bills and My Dilemma -- XXX.That Wonderful Spectacle! -- XXXI.That Memorable Week!-I -- XXXII.That Memorable Week!-II -- XXXIII.'A Himalayan Miscalculation' -- XXXIV.'Navajivan' and 'Young India' -- XXXV.In the Punjab -- XXXVI.The Khilafat Against Cow-Protection? -- XXXVII.The Amritsar Congress -- XXXVIII.Congress Initiation -- XXXIX.The Birth of Khadi -- XL.Found at Last! -- XLI.An Instructive Dialogue -- XLII.Its Rising Tide -- XLIII.At Nagpur.

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9780300234077 hardcover
0300234074 hardcover

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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