Gandhi Autobiography

The Story of My Experiments with Truth

Translated by (from Gujarati) : Mahadev Desai

First Edition : 6,000 copies, 1927

Price : Rs. 50/-

ISBN 81-7229-008-X

INTRODUCTION
PART I
Birth And Parentage	Childhood
Child Marriage	Playing The Husband
At The High School	A Tragedy
A Tragedy (Continued)	Stealing And Atonement
My Father's Death And My Double Shame	Glimpses of Religion
Preparation For England	Outcaste
In London At last	My Choice
Playing The English Gentleman	Changes
Experiments In Dietetics	Shyness My Shield
The Canker Of Untruth	Acquaintance With Religions
'Nirbal Ke Bala Rama'	Narayan Hemchandra
The Great Exhibition	'Called' - But Then?
My Helplessness
PART II
Raychandbhai	How I Began Life
The First Case	The First Shock
Preparing For South Africa	Arrival In Natal
Some Experiences	On The way To Pretoria
More Hardships	First Day In Pretoria
Christian Contacts	Seeking Touch With Indians
What It Is To Be A 'Coolie'	Preparation For The Case
Religious Ferment	Man Proposes, God Disposes
Settled In Natal	Colour Bar
Natal Indian Congress	Balasundaram
The ₤ 3 Tax	Comparative Study Of Religions
As A Householder	Homeward
In India	Two Passions
The Bombay Meeting	Poona And Madras
'Return Soon'
PART III
Rumblings Of The Storm	The Storm
The Test	The Calm After The Storm
Education Of Children	Spirit Of Service
Brahmacharya - I	Brahmacharya - II
Simple Life	The Boer War
Sanitary Reform And Famine Relief	Return To India
In India Again	Clerk And Bearer
In The Congress	Lord Curson's Darbar
A Month With Gokhale - I	A Month With Gokhale - II
A Month With Gokhale - III	In Benaras
Settled In Bombay	Faith On Its Trail
To South Africa Again
PART IV
'Love's Labour's Lost'	Autocrats From Asia
Pocketed The Insult	Quickened Spirit Of Sacrifice
Result Of Introspection	A Sacrifice To Vegetarianism
Experiments In Earth And Water Treatment	A Warning
A Tussle With Power	A Sacred Recollection And Penance
Intimate European Contacts	European Contacts (Continued)
Indian Opinion	Coolie Locations Or Ghettos?
The Black Plague-I	The Black Plague-II
Location In Flames	The Magic Spell Of A Book
The Phoenix Settlement	The First Night
Polak Takes The Plunge	Whom God Protects
A Peep Into The Household	The Zulu 'Rebellion'
Heart Searchings	The Birth Of Satyagraha
More Experiments In Dietetics	Kasturba's Courage
Domestic Satyagraha	Towards Self -Restraint
Fasting	As Schoolmates
Literary Training	Training Of The Spirit
Tares Among The Wheat	Fasting As Penance
To Meet Gokhale	My Part In The War
A Spiritual Dilemma	Miniature Satyagraha
Gokhale's Charity	Treatment of Pleurisy
Homeward	Some Reminiscences Of The Bar
Sharp Practice?	Clients Turned Co-Workers
How A Client Was Saved
PART V
The First Experience	With Gokhale In Poona
Was It A Threat?	Shantiniketan
Woes Of Third Class Passengers	Wooing
Kumbha Mela	Lakshman Jhula
Founding of The Ashram	On The Anvil
Abolition Of Indentured Emigration	The Stain Of Indigo
The Gentle Bihari	Face To Face With Ahimsa
Case Withdrawn	Methods Of Work
Companions	Penetrating The Villages
When A Governor Is Good	In Touch With Labour
A Peep Into The Ashram	The Fast
The Kheda Satyagraha	'The Onion Thief'
End Of Kheda Satyagraha	Passion For Unity
Recruiting Campaign	Near Death's Door
The Rowlatt Bills And My Dilemma	That Wonderful Spectacle!
That Memorable Week! - I	That Memorable Week! - II
'A Himalayan Miscalculation'	Navajivan And Young India
In The Punjab	The Khilafat Against Cow Protection?
The Amritsar Congress	Congress Initiation
The Birth Of Khadi	Found At Last!
An Instructive Dialogue	Its Rising Tide
At Nagpur	Farewell