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Table of Contents

  1. Titlepage
  2. Imprint
  3. Translator’s Preface
  4. Introduction
  5. The Story of My Experiments with Truth
    1. Part I
      1. I: Birth and Parentage
      2. II: Childhood
      3. III: Child Marriage
      4. IV: Playing the Husband
      5. V: At the High School
      6. VI: A Tragedy
      7. VII: A Tragedy (Continued)
      8. VIII: Stealing and Atonement
      9. IX: My Father’s Death and My Double Shame
      10. X: Glimpses of Religion
      11. XI: Preparation for England
      12. XII: Outcaste
      13. XIII: In London at Last
      14. XIV: My Choice
      15. XV: Playing the English Gentleman
      16. XVI: Changes
      17. XVII: Experiments in Dietetics
      18. XVIII: Shyness My Shield
      19. XIX: The Canker of Untruth
      20. XX: Acquaintance with Religions
      21. XXI: निर्बल के बल राम
      22. XXII: Narayan Hemchandra
      23. XXIII: The Great Exhibition
      24. XXIV: “Called”—But Then?
      25. XXV: My Helplessness
    2. Part II
      1. I: Raychandbhai
      2. II: How I Began Life
      3. III: The First Case
      4. IV: The First Shock
      5. V: Preparing for South Africa
      6. VI: Arrival in Natal
      7. VII: Some Experiences
      8. VIII: On the Way to Pretoria
      9. IX: More Hardships
      10. X: First Day in Pretoria
      11. XI: Christian Contacts
      12. XII: Seeking Touch with Indians
      13. XIII: What It Is to Be a “Coolie”
      14. XIV: Preparation for the Case
      15. XV: Religious Ferment
      16. XVI: Man Proposes, God Disposes
      17. XVII: Settled in Natal
      18. XVIII: Colour Bar
      19. XIX: Natal Indian Congress
      20. XX: Balasundaram
      21. XXI: The £3 Tax
      22. XXII: Comparative Study of Religions
      23. XXIII: As a Householder
      24. XXIV: Homeward
      25. XXV: In India
      26. XXVI: Two Passions
      27. XXVII: The Bombay Meeting
      28. XXVIII: Poona and Madras
      29. XXIX: “Return Soon”
    3. Part III
      1. I: Rumblings of the Storm
      2. II: The Storm
      3. III: The Test
      4. IV: The Calm After the Storm
      5. V: Education of Children
      6. VI: Spirit of Service
      7. VII: Brahmacharya—I
      8. VIII: Brahmacharya—II
      9. IX: Simple Life
      10. X: The Boer War
      11. XI: Sanitary Reform and Famine Relief
      12. XII: Return to India
      13. XIII: In India Again
      14. XIV: Clerk and Bearer
      15. XV: In the Congress
      16. XVI: Lord Curzon’s Durbar
      17. XVII: A Month with Gokhale—I
      18. XVIII: A Month with Gokhale—II
      19. XIX: A Month with Gokhale—III
      20. XX: In Benares
      21. XXI: Settled in Bombay?
      22. XXII: Faith on Its Trial
      23. XXIII: To South Africa Again
    4. Part IV
      1. I: “Love’s Labour’s Lost”?
      2. II: Autocrats from Asia
      3. III: Pocketed the Insult
      4. IV: Quickened Spirit of Sacrifice
      5. V: Result of Introspection
      6. VI: A Sacrifice to Vegetarianism
      7. VII: Experiments in Earth and Water Treatment
      8. VIII: A Warning
      9. IX: A Tussle with Power
      10. X: A Sacred Recollection and Penance
      11. XI: Intimate European Contacts
      12. XII: European Contacts (Continued)
      13. XIII: Indian Opinion
      14. XIV: Coolie Locations or Ghettoes?
      15. XV: The Black Plague—I
      16. XVI: The Black Plague—II
      17. XVII: Location in Flames
      18. XVIII: The Magic Spell of a Book
      19. XIX: The Phoenix Settlement
      20. XX: The First Night
      21. XXI: Polak Takes the Plunge
      22. XXII: Whom God Protects
      23. XXIII: A Peep Into the Household
      24. XXIV: The Zulu “Rebellion”
      25. XXV: Heart Searchings
      26. XXVI: The Birth of Satyagraha
      27. XXVII: More Experiments in Dietetics
      28. XXVIII: Kasturbai’s Courage
      29. XXIX: Domestic Satyagraha
      30. XXX: Towards Self-Restraint
      31. XXXI: Fasting
      32. XXXII: As Schoolmaster
      33. XXXIII: Literary Training
      34. XXXIV: Training of the Spirit
      35. XXXV: Tares Among the Wheat
      36. XXXVI: Fasting as Penance
      37. XXXVII: To Meet Gokhale
      38. XXXVIII: My Part in the War
      39. XXXIX: A Spiritual Dilemma
      40. XL: Miniature Satyagraha
      41. XLI: Gokhale’s Charity
      42. XLII: Treatment of Pleurisy
      43. XLIII: Homeward
      44. XLIV: Some Reminiscences of the Bar
      45. XLV: Sharp Practice?
      46. XLVI: Clients Turned Coworkers
      47. XLVII: How a Client Was Saved
    5. Part V
      1. I: The First Experience
      2. II: With Gokhale in Poona
      3. III: Was It a Threat?
      4. IV: Shantiniketan
      5. V: Woes of Third-Class Passengers
      6. VI: Wooing
      7. VII: Kumbha Mela
      8. VIII: Lakshman Jhula
      9. IX: Founding of the Ashram
      10. X: On the Anvil
      11. XI: Abolition of Indentured Emigration
      12. XII: The Stain of Indigo
      13. XIII: The Gentle Bihari
      14. XIV: Face to Face with Ahimsa
      15. XV: Case Withdrawn
      16. XVI: Methods of Work
      17. XVII: Companions
      18. XVIII: Penetrating the Villages
      19. XIX: When a Governor Is Good
      20. XX: In Touch with Labour
      21. XXI: A Peep Into the Ashram
      22. XXII: The Fast
      23. XXIII: The Kheda Satyagraha
      24. XXIV: “The Onion Thief”
      25. XXV: End of Kheda Satyagraha
      26. XXVI: Passion for Unity
      27. XXVII: Recruiting Campaign
      28. XXVIII: Near Death’s Door
      29. XXIX: The Rowlatt Bills and My Dilemma
      30. XXX: That Wonderful Spectacle!
      31. XXXI: That Memorable Week!—I
      32. XXXII: That Memorable Week!—II
      33. XXXIII: “A Himalayan Miscalculation”
      34. XXXIV: Navajivan and Young India
      35. XXXV: In the Punjab
      36. XXXVI: The Khilafat Against Cow Protection?
      37. XXXVII: The Amritsar Congress
      38. XXXVIII: Congress Initiation
      39. XXXIX: The Birth of Khadi
      40. XL: Found at Last!
      41. XLI: An Instructive Dialogue
      42. XLII: Its Rising Tide
      43. XLIII: At Nagpur
    6. Farewell
  6. Endnotes
  7. Colophon
  8. Uncopyright

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