Autobiography

The Story of My Experiments With Truth

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• Publisher: The Floating Press
• Year: 2009
• eBook ISBN: 9781775414056
• Edition: 0

In this autobiography, also titled The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Mohandas K. Gandhi recounts his life from childhood up until 1921, noting that "e;my life from this point onward has been so public that there is hardly anything about it that people do not know."e; HarperCollins chose this work as one of the "e;100 Most Important Spiritual Books of the 20th Century."e; The pursuit of truth was a guiding principle for Gandhi. He states that it "e;is not my purpose to attempt a real autobiography. I simply want to tell the story of my numerous experiments with truth, and as my life consists of nothing but those experiments, it is true that the story will take the shape of an autobiography."e; He also notes that this "e;will of course include experiments with non-violence, celibacy and other principles of conduct believed to be distinct from truth."e;

Table of contents

• AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
• Contents
• Translator's Preface
• Introduction
• PART I
• I. Birth and Parentage
• II. Childhood
• III. Child Marriage
• IV. Playing the Husband
• V. At the High School
• VI. A Tragedy
• VII. A Tragedy (Continued)
• 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
• XXI. 'Nirbal Ke Bala Rama'
• XXII. Narayan Hemchandra
• XXIII. The Great Exhibition
• XXIV. 'Called', but then?
• XXV. My Helplessness
• PART II
• 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'
• PART III
• 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. Clear and Bearer
• XV. In the Congress
• XVI. Lord Curzon's Darbar
• 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
• PART IV
• 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 (Continued)
• 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
• PART V
• 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
• XLIV. Farewell
• Endnotes