Mahatma Gandhi | Category: Biographies
Binding Type: Paperback Binding
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ISBN: 9789386677198
YOP: 2020
Pages: 550
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The Story of My Experiments with Truth is the autobiography of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, covering his life from early childhood through to 1921. It was written in weekly installments and published in his journal Navjivan from 1925 to 1929. Its English translation also appeared in installments in his other journal Young India. It was initiated at the insistence of Swami Anand and other close coworkers of Gandhi, who encouraged him to explain the background of his public campaigns. In 1999, the book was designated as one of the “100 Best Spiritual Books of the 20th Century” by a committee of global spiritual and religious authorities.
1. Birth and Parentage
2. Childhood
3. Child Marriage
4. Playing the Husband
5. At The High School
6. A Tragedy
7. A Tragedy (Contd.)
8. Stealing and Atonement
9. My Father’s Death and My Double Shame
10. Glimpses of Religion
11. Preparation for England
12. Outcaste
13. In London at Last
14. My Choice
15. Playing the English Gentleman
16. Changes
17. Experiments in Dietetics
18. Shyness My Shield
19. The Canker of Untruth
20. Acquaintance with Religions
21. Nirbal ke Bal Ram
22. Narayan Hemchandra
23. The Great Exhibition
24. ‘Called’-But Then?
25. My Helplessness
26. Raychandbhai
27. How I Began Life
28. The First Case
29. The First Shock
30. Preparing for South Africa
31. Arrival in Natal
32. Some Experiences
33. On the Way to Pretoria
34. More Hardships
35. First Day in Pretoria
36. Christian Contacts
37. Seeking Touch with Indians
38. What it is to be a ‘Coolie’
39. Preparation for the Case
40. Religious Ferment
41. Man Proposes, God Disposes
42. Settled in Natal
43. Natal Indian Congress
44. Colour Bar
45. Balasundaram
46. The £ 3 Tax
47. Comparative Study of Religions
48. As a Householder
49. Homeward
50. In India
51. Two Passions
52. The Bombay Meeting
53. Poona and Madras
54. Return Soon
55. Rumblings of the Storm
56. The Storm
57. The Test
58. The Calm after the Storm
59. Education of Children
60. Spirit of Service
61. Brahmacharya–I
62. Brahmacharya–II
63. Simple Life
64. The Boer War
65. Sanitary Reform and Famine Relief
66. Return to India
67. In India Again
68. Clerk and Bearer
69. In The Congress
70. Lord Curzon’s Darbar
71. A Month with Gokhale–I
72. A Month with Gokhale–II
73. A Month with Gokhale–III
74. In Benares
75. Settled in Bombay
76. Faith on its Trial
77. To South Africa Again
78. ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’?
79. Autocrats from Asia
80. Pocketed the Insult
81. Quickened Spirit of Sacrifice
82. Result of IntrospectionA Sacrifice to Vegetarianism
83. Experiments in Earth and Water Treatment
84. A Warning
85. A Tussle with Power
86. A Sacred Recollection and Penance
87. Intimate European Contacts
88. European Contacts (Contd.)
89. Indian Opinion
90. Coolie Locations or Ghettos?
91. The Black Plague–I
92. The Black Plague–II
93. Location in Flames
94. The Magic Spell of a Book
95. The Phoenix Settlement
96. The First Night
97. Polak Takes The Plunge
98. Whom God Protects
99. A Peep into the Household
100. The Zulu ‘Rebellion’
101. Heart Searchings
102. The Birth of Satyagraha
103. More Experiments in Dietetics
104. Kasturbai’s Courage
105. Domestic Satyagraha
106. Towards Self-Restraint
107. Fasting
108. As Schoolmaster
109. Literary Training
110. Training of the Spirit
111. Tares among the Wheat
112. Fasting as Penance
113. To Meet Gokhale
114. To Meet Gokhale
115. A Spiritual Dilemma
116. Miniature Satyagraha
117. Gokhale’s Charity
118. Treatment of Pleurisy
119. Homeward
120. Some Reminiscences of the Bar
121. Sharp Practice?
122. Clients Turned Co-Workers
123. How a Client was Saved
124. The First Experience
125. With Gokhale in Poona
126. Was it a Threat?
127. Shantiniketan
128. Woes of Third Class Passengers
129. Wooing
130. Kumbha Mela
131. Lakshman Jhula
132. Founding of the Ashram
133. On the Anvil
134. Abolition of Indentured Emigration
135. The Stain of Indigo
136. The Gentle Bihari
137. Face to Face with Ahimsa
138. Case Withdrawn
139. Methods of Work
140. Companions
141. Penetrating the Villages
142. When a Governor is Good
143. In Touch with Labour
144. A Peep into the Ashram
145. The Fast
146. The Kheda Satyagraha
147. The Onion Thief
148. End of Kheda Satyagraha
149. Passion for Unity
150. Recruiting Campaign
151. Near Death’s Door
152. The Rowlatt Bills and My Dilemma
153. That Wonderful Spectacle!
154. That Memorable Week–I
155. That Memorable Week–II
156. A Himalayan Miscalculation
157. ‘Navajivan’ and ‘Young India’
158. In the Punjab
159. The Khilafat Against Cow Protection?
160. The Amritsar Congress
161. Congress Initiation
162. The Birth of Khadi
163. Found At Last!
164. An Instructive Dialogue
165. Its Rising Tide
166. At Nagpur
167. Farewell
The Story of My Experiments with Truth is the autobiography of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, covering his life from early childhood through to 1921. It was written in weekly installments and published in his journal Navjivan from 1925 to 1929. Its English translation also appeared in installments in his other journal Young India. It was initiated at the insistence of Swami Anand and other close coworkers of Gandhi, who encouraged him to explain the background of his public campaigns. In 1999, the book was designated as one of the “100 Best Spiritual Books of the 20th Century” by a committee of global spiritual and religious authorities.
1. Birth and Parentage
2. Childhood
3. Child Marriage
4. Playing the Husband
5. At The High School
6. A Tragedy
7. A Tragedy (Contd.)
8. Stealing and Atonement
9. My Father’s Death and My Double Shame
10. Glimpses of Religion
11. Preparation for England
12. Outcaste
13. In London at Last
14. My Choice
15. Playing the English Gentleman
16. Changes
17. Experiments in Dietetics
18. Shyness My Shield
19. The Canker of Untruth
20. Acquaintance with Religions
21. Nirbal ke Bal Ram
22. Narayan Hemchandra
23. The Great Exhibition
24. ‘Called’-But Then?
25. My Helplessness
26. Raychandbhai
27. How I Began Life
28. The First Case
29. The First Shock
30. Preparing for South Africa
31. Arrival in Natal
32. Some Experiences
33. On the Way to Pretoria
34. More Hardships
35. First Day in Pretoria
36. Christian Contacts
37. Seeking Touch with Indians
38. What it is to be a ‘Coolie’
39. Preparation for the Case
40. Religious Ferment
41. Man Proposes, God Disposes
42. Settled in Natal
43. Natal Indian Congress
44. Colour Bar
45. Balasundaram
46. The £ 3 Tax
47. Comparative Study of Religions
48. As a Householder
49. Homeward
50. In India
51. Two Passions
52. The Bombay Meeting
53. Poona and Madras
54. Return Soon
55. Rumblings of the Storm
56. The Storm
57. The Test
58. The Calm after the Storm
59. Education of Children
60. Spirit of Service
61. Brahmacharya–I
62. Brahmacharya–II
63. Simple Life
64. The Boer War
65. Sanitary Reform and Famine Relief
66. Return to India
67. In India Again
68. Clerk and Bearer
69. In The Congress
70. Lord Curzon’s Darbar
71. A Month with Gokhale–I
72. A Month with Gokhale–II
73. A Month with Gokhale–III
74. In Benares
75. Settled in Bombay
76. Faith on its Trial
77. To South Africa Again
78. ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’?
79. Autocrats from Asia
80. Pocketed the Insult
81. Quickened Spirit of Sacrifice
82. Result of IntrospectionA Sacrifice to Vegetarianism
83. Experiments in Earth and Water Treatment
84. A Warning
85. A Tussle with Power
86. A Sacred Recollection and Penance
87. Intimate European Contacts
88. European Contacts (Contd.)
89. Indian Opinion
90. Coolie Locations or Ghettos?
91. The Black Plague–I
92. The Black Plague–II
93. Location in Flames
94. The Magic Spell of a Book
95. The Phoenix Settlement
96. The First Night
97. Polak Takes The Plunge
98. Whom God Protects
99. A Peep into the Household
100. The Zulu ‘Rebellion’
101. Heart Searchings
102. The Birth of Satyagraha
103. More Experiments in Dietetics
104. Kasturbai’s Courage
105. Domestic Satyagraha
106. Towards Self-Restraint
107. Fasting
108. As Schoolmaster
109. Literary Training
110. Training of the Spirit
111. Tares among the Wheat
112. Fasting as Penance
113. To Meet Gokhale
114. To Meet Gokhale
115. A Spiritual Dilemma
116. Miniature Satyagraha
117. Gokhale’s Charity
118. Treatment of Pleurisy
119. Homeward
120. Some Reminiscences of the Bar
121. Sharp Practice?
122. Clients Turned Co-Workers
123. How a Client was Saved
124. The First Experience
125. With Gokhale in Poona
126. Was it a Threat?
127. Shantiniketan
128. Woes of Third Class Passengers
129. Wooing
130. Kumbha Mela
131. Lakshman Jhula
132. Founding of the Ashram
133. On the Anvil
134. Abolition of Indentured Emigration
135. The Stain of Indigo
136. The Gentle Bihari
137. Face to Face with Ahimsa
138. Case Withdrawn
139. Methods of Work
140. Companions
141. Penetrating the Villages
142. When a Governor is Good
143. In Touch with Labour
144. A Peep into the Ashram
145. The Fast
146. The Kheda Satyagraha
147. The Onion Thief
148. End of Kheda Satyagraha
149. Passion for Unity
150. Recruiting Campaign
151. Near Death’s Door
152. The Rowlatt Bills and My Dilemma
153. That Wonderful Spectacle!
154. That Memorable Week–I
155. That Memorable Week–II
156. A Himalayan Miscalculation
157. ‘Navajivan’ and ‘Young India’
158. In the Punjab
159. The Khilafat Against Cow Protection?
160. The Amritsar Congress
161. Congress Initiation
162. The Birth of Khadi
163. Found At Last!
164. An Instructive Dialogue
165. Its Rising Tide
166. At Nagpur
167. Farewell
