The Life of Mahatma Gandhi
Louis Fischer
671 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0006388876
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Language: English
Publish: January 1, 1997
BiographyBiography MemoirHistoryIndiaIndian LiteratureNonfictionPhilosophyPoliticsReligionSpirituality
Part 1: The end and the beginning
Death before prayers —
The beginnings of an extraordinary man —
“M.K. Gandi. Attorny-at-law —
Gandhi and the Gita —
Indian interlude —
Toward greatness —
A mob scene —
Gandhi goes to war —
The transformation begins —
September 11, 1906 —
Gandhi goes to jail —
Letter to a son —
Tolstoy and Gandhi —
The shape of things to come —
The victory —
Part 2: Gandhi in India, January 9, 1915-March 23, 1946 —
Home in India —
“Sit down, Gandi” —
“Children of God” —
Indigo —
First fast —
Goats milk —
The history of British rule in India —
Murder —
Gandhi enters politics —
Gandhi’s families —
Operation and fast —
Funds and jewels —
The “Silent” year —
Collapse —
Prologue —
Drama at the seashore —
Parleys with the rebel —
On the way home —
Climax —
Without politics —
Descent into war —
Winston S. Churchil versus Mohandas K. Gandhi —
My week with Gandhi —
Will power —
Jinnah and Gandhi —
Part 3: The birth of two nations, March 23, 1946-January 30, 1948 —
On the eve of independence —
India in suspense —
Gandhi revisited —
Pilgrim’s progress —
Asia’s message to the west —
Tragic victory —
Gandhi hoes his garden —
The future of India —
The last fast —
the last act
A Note to the Reader (Sources & Bibliography)
Index