Gandhi Autobiography

Chapter 112 TARES AMONG THE WHEAT It was at Tolstoy Farm that Mr. Kallenbach drew my attention to a problem that had never befor ...

Chapter 113 FASTING AS PENANCE Day by day it became increasingly clear to me how very difficult it was to bring up and educate b ...

The first penance did not prove difficult for any of us. I had to suspend or stop none of my normal activities. It may be recall ...

And forthwith I flung them into the sea. They were worth some £7, but their value lay less in their price than in Mr. Kallenbach ...

I felt that Indians residing in England ought to do their bit in the war. English students had volunteered to serve in the army, ...

Chapter 116 A SPIRITUAL DILEMMA As soon as the news reached South Africa that I along with other Indians had offered my services ...

I had argued the whole thing out to myself in this manner, before I received Polak's cable, and soon after its receipt, I discus ...

These words put me in mind of what the late Miss Emily Hobhouse wrote to me with regard to non-co-operation: 'I should not be su ...

Hereupon I addressed a letter to the Secretary of State for India, acquainting him with all the facts and enclosing a copy of th ...

I spent the whole night thinking over the matter. To give up the experiment would mean renouncing all my ideas in that direction ...

oranges. The vegetables were not to be cooked but merely grated fine, if I could not masticate them. I adopted this for about th ...

Chapter 120 HOMEWARD Mr. Kallenbach had accompained me to England with a view to going to India. We were staying together and of ...

Gokhale had inspired a reception for me in Bombay, where he had come in spite of his delicate health. I had approached India in ...

But the senior counsel contended: 'In that case there is every likelihood of the court cancelling the whole award, and no sane c ...

'I am surprised that your Lordship should suspect sharp practice without hearing me out.' 'No question of a charge,' said the ju ...

practise as an attorney; whereas in the Transvaal, as in Bombay, the spheres of attorneys and advocates were distinct. A barrist ...

and not infrequently he resorted to smuggling. But as he was on the best terms with customs officials, no one was inclined to su ...

The Customs Officer said: 'I like the old Parsi. I am sorry he has made a fool of himself. You know where my duty lies. I must b ...

The receptions in Bombay gave me an occasion for offering what might be called a little Satyagraha. At the party given in my hon ...

'You may come to me whenever you like, and you will see that my Government do not wilfully do anything wrong.' To which I replie ...