Gandhi Autobiography

Sheth Abdulla and other friends did not like my submission (or was it weakness?). They felt that I should have stood by my right ...

called the indenture system almost as bad as slavery. Like the slave the indentured labourer was the property of his master. The ...

In the same year, 1894, the Natal Government sought to impose an annual tax of £ 25 on the indentured Indians. The proposal asto ...

and female child over 13 came under the impost. To levy a yearly tax of £ 12 from a family of four husband, wife and two childre ...

liked Mr. and Mrs. Walton's humility, perseverance and devotion to work, and we met very frequently. This friendship kept alive ...

'Mr. Gandhi,' she said, 'please don't take it ill if I feel obliged to tell you that my boy is none the better for your company. ...

'Now, what is this?' I asked. 'You must tell me what it is. How can I leave the office at this hour to go and see it?' 'You will ...

I let him go. I now discovered that the man who had poisoned my ears against the clerk was no other than this companion, I tried ...

Tamil in South African jails, and Urdu in Yeravda jail. But I never learnt to speak Tamil, and the little I could do by way of r ...

aspirations. I have an impression that Mr. Chesney Jr. was the editor at that time. I wanted to secure the help of every party, ...

The committee had to inspect untouchables' quarters also. Only one member of the committee was ready to accompany me there. To t ...

The colour prejudice that I saw in South Africa was, I thought, quite contrary to British traditions, and I believed that it was ...

right-hand man of Sir Pherozeshah, and Sjt. Virchand Gandhi had described him to me as a great statistician. Mr. Wacha said, 'Ga ...

I felt rather nervous, but I said I would try. 'Then, tell me, what time Mr. Munshi should come to you for the manuscript?' 'Ele ...

countrymen there. I know I cannot prevail upon you, but I will not encourage anyone of your type to throw in his lot with you.' ...

shall be glad to preside over the meeting to be held under the joint auspices of the two Sabhas. You need not have the time of t ...

I saw that my task was becoming more and more difficult. I called at the office of the Amrita Bazar Patrika. The gentleman whom ...

Chapter 55 RUMBLINGS OF THE STORM This was my first voyage with my wife and children. I have often observed in the course of thi ...

in this plight for about twenty-four hours. At last the sky cleared, the sun made his appearance, and the captain said that the ...

Natal Government openly helped them. Mr.Harry Escombe, who was the most influential of the members of the Cabinet, openly took p ...