Gandhi

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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 & Bibliography)Index