num_pages: 189
description: Part 1: The end and the beginningDeath 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 actA Note to the Reader (Sources &amp; Bibliography)Index
language: English
title: Gandhi: His Life and Message for the World
titlecomplete: Gandhi: His Life and Message for the World
characters: Mahatma Gandhi
genres: Biography, Spirituality, History, Indian Literature, Politics, Philosophy, Religion, India, Nonfiction, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 4119
publisher: New American Library