The Story of My Experiments with Truth

The Story of My Experiments with Truth

By Mahatma Gandhi.

Translated by Mahadev Desai.

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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