by M K Gandhi
M16 I lacked the capacity to compete with him
M17 Thus I could live within four or five pounds a month.
M18 how long would it take to cook oatmeal porridge and boil water for cocoa?
M19 meaningful
M1 The speed with which changes took place in my way of living and expenses, with the same speed, or perhaps at an even faster pace, I began changes in my diet.
M2 birds and
M3 diet
M4 had tasted
M5 authority
M6 The interpretation of the person who administered the vow had to be accepted. I knew that my mother who gave me the pledge against meat could not have even thought of eggs.
M7 until
M8 It is necessary to say something about interpretation of vows before concluding this chapter. My vow was a contract entered into with my mother.
M9 contracts
M10 No matter how explicit the language of the contract, a master of language will turn a crow into a tiger. In this there is no distinction between the civil and the non-civil. Self-interest turns everyone blind. As a prince down to a pauper interpret contracts to suit themselves and deceive the world, themselves and god. This practice of parties to a contract putting convenient interpretation to words or sentences is known in logic as the fallacy of the ambiguous middle.
M11 word
M12 immorality. And injustice is rooted in
M13 He does not need to search scriptures for that.
M14 hitherto
M15 It had not assumed a religious dimension in England. My strenuous experiments from a religious perspective were carried out in South Africa
M1 I thought that to refrain from participating would be equal to acquiescing to injustice
M2 like Dr. Allinson, whose views were detrimental to the Society,
M3 considered Mr. Hills’s opposition to them pure morality.
M4 But it appeared to me that to disqualify a person from this Society for his lack of faith in and refusal to believe in puritanical morals was sheer injustice. I felt that Mr. Hills’s views with regard to woman–man relationship were his personal views
M5 Therefore I held the view that a person who had disregard for many other forms of morality had a place in the Society.
M6 five or seven
M7 port
M8 shyness. It cannot be said that even now I have completely overcome it. I always consider before speaking.
M9 an unconsidered or unmeasured
M10 mature
M11 worship
M1 Poison
M2 who travelled to
M3 which are
M4 such friendship
M5 is even considered
M6 was caught in the snare
M7 had little taste for such deceit
M8 shyness
M9 If I could not talk, which girl would be willing to go out with me? Rarely would a girl go out with me.
M10 shyness
M11 lightning
M12 still thinking how to
M13 such a coward
M14 poison
M15 At the same hotel was a widow of moderate means who had also come for a change of air.
M16 she began a conversation
M17 said, ‘I do not understand this menu and being a vegetarian I must ascertain as to which items are un-sullied.’
M18 enticing me
M19 desired to marry me to anyone
M20 sister
M21 But your natural desire was that I be engaged with somebody. I must declare the truth to you so that this thing does not grow in your mind.
M22 poison
M1 After I had been a year or so
M2 Sanskrit
M3 Gita
M4 Prakrit
M5 the brothers
M6 towards the end of
M7 Bhagvad Gita
M8 Philosophy
M9 retained the spirit of the original
M10 had hitherto associated only with a translation of the Gita
M11 presented me before
M12 about
M13 sect
M14 Christianity
M15 My intellect
M16 religion inheres in renunciation
M17 pamphlet
M18 wrestler
M19 warrior
M1 such knowledge is not sufficient to save a human being
M2 was the reason for God’s presence in his heart. He has a right to make this assumption.
M3 scriptures at such moments seems worthless
M4 a householder
M5 population of sailors
M6 unsullied either
M7 I do not intend to say that the Reception Committee had intentionally sought such houses.
M8 cards. In England even in respectable households, the lady of the house would play cards with the guests.
M9 from word to deed
M10 ‘Whence this darkness in you? This is not for you. Run along now.’
M11 I have had similar experiences in other spheres.
M12 many of
M13 when actions become futile,
M14 its source is not in speech but in the heart
M15 its music reaches the heavens
M16 It is by its very nature a mysterious thing.
M17 But to deserve such grace one must have perfect humility.
M1 Among fashionable people Narayan Hemchandra seemed queer and stood out.
M2 text-book
M3 But Narayan Hemchandra would have made a drink out of me.
M4 Let others dwell deeper after me.
M5 And do not think I would be content with knowing only English.
M6 How much do I need to eat and wear?
M7 customary clothes for calling on people
M8 anyone’s clothes
M9 He welcomed Narayan Hemchandra.
M10 Narayan Hemchandra directed me to translate these lines.
M11 the reader will recall that I kept changing my lodging
M12 arrested
M1 Before this there was a supposition that a building one thousand feet high cannot stand. Apart from this, there was much else on display.
M2 read about
M3 burnt seven shillings for
M4 There was no noise and there was always
M5 power of imagination that it was imbued with
M6 few words
M7 So long as we are ensnared by temptation, we too are children. This tower is good proof of this, and this may be considered its usefulness.
M1 —there are four terms a year, twelve such terms had to be kept—
M2 sat at a distance like untouchables
M3 Examinations with such facilities
M4 agony
M1 ‘Moral Maxims in Law’
M2 is a moral injunction
M3 in the laws that I had read, there was not even the name of Indian law
M4 sentence I memorized
M1 There was of course the question of the caste.
M2 concerns about my profession
M3 certain reforms that I had conceived. Others arose unexpectedly
M4 And I wish to draw a veil over my grief.
M5 on hearing the news I did not wail inconsolably
M6 self-realization
M7 in a state of stupefaction
M8 pauper
M9 tell me what was on his mind
M10 knowledge of letters
M11 Success lies in finding a Guru.
M12 refuge
M1 Worldly Pursuits
M2 authority
M3 princely
M4 would earn a great deal
M5 continued to behave respectfully towards them
M6 I would not so much as drink water at the house of my mother-in-law and father-in-law, as also at my sister’s house.
M7 this sweet outcome is
M8 have knowledge of letters
M9 I vented on her the anger caused by
M10 use as medicine and for civilized guests
M11 so
cks
M12 I sanctified the house further with coat and trousers.
M13 a vakil who had passed out from Rajkot
M14 I set out for Bombay.
M15 I set up a household. Kept a cook. The cook was just like me.
M16 disagreeable
M1 acumen is such that judges are dazzled by it. His power of argumentation is wonderful
M2 belabour the dust in court
M3 You would have done well if after three years you earn enough to bear your own expenses.
M4 Hence I read with an agitated mind.
M5 With whom was I to share my agony? My condition was similar to
M6 as fate would have it, I chanced to get
M7 Bombay has large expenses. You must be pragmatic.
M8 legs trembled
M9 I ran,
M10 barrister
M11 would it bring enough silver for the boy’s rattle?
M1 place
M2 there
M3 now I came
M4 remain fearless about
M5 in his eyes
M6 and was correct. But how is the selfish to be discerning?
M7 He said, ‘Peon, show him the door.’
M8 talking on
M9 and retains the pride of England
M10 I could not forget the insult, but I made good use of it.
M1 flatter him. I did not wish to please this officer through incorrect means. I did not like that having threatened to complain, I neither lodged a complaint nor wrote to him.
M2 Kathiawad
M3 I would retain my autonomy
M4 to try and secure some
M5 superior officer
M6 stay at our bungalow
M7 advocacy. It was employment.
M1 England
M2 cabin
M3 a hammock
M4 seen
M5 bishop and the queen, etc.
M6 that sister
M1 home
M2 worried
M3 My Sahib style of living struck him as being expensive.
M4 home and fed
M5 Living
M6 courage
M7 do you know
M8 three–four
M1 I saw that I would have to begin from one, two, three.
M2 I knew nothing of credit and debit entries.
M3 None of your confidential matter will become public.
M4 all the people
M5 the other party
M6 within the family
M7 in the family so that you need not fill the coffers of lawyers
M8 given a seat
M9 kept it somewhere
M10 leaving the case
M11 have the capability
M1 The reason for saying that my ticket was cancelled was quite another.
M2 swallow
M3 sit at your feet
M4 , never
M5 men
M6 ‘Would they ever allow us to stay at a hotel?’
M7 the Transvaal.
M1 the gentleman
M2 our first meeting
M3 embraced me with affection
M4 intrinsic form
M1 Quaker
M2 He washes away the sins of those who believe in Him
M3 Sin is inescapable.
M4 Supreme Sacrifice
M5 accepted notion of Christianity
M6 deliverance
M7 freed
M8 immoral acts
M9 sin
M10 purification of the heart
M1 Acquaintance
M2 and I intended to speak about truth
M3 a rare
M1 The Experience of Being a Coolie
M2 who would listen to their feeble and lowly voice?
M3 unbearable
M4 pushes Negros off the footpath in the same way, and hence he did the same with me.
M5 How were other policemen to know of this incident?
M1 acute
M2 key to be a lawyer
M3 No one could see the end of the case. If it remained in the court, it could be prolonged as one wished. Neither of the two would benefit by prolonging it.
M4 settle it in-house
M5 the relatives
M6 did heart-wrecking labour
M7 sufficient time
M8 took such firm root in
M1 relations
M2 calling myself
M3 Christian belief
M4 renunciate, a great soul
M5 man without a second
M6 renunciation
M7 The defects of Hindu religion
M8 existence
M9 influence
M10 compassion
M1 Who Can Foretell Tomorrow?
M2 If we read newspapers, we comprehend only market rates.
M3 legal matters
M4 our white
M5 touching his forehead
M6 your
M7 This is the first step towards obliterating the Indians.
M8 He and the wharf engineer are locked in a fierce battle, and this battle is an obstacle to Mr. Escombe’s entry into the Legislature.
M9 permanent residence
M1 Stayed
M2 India
M3 sent
M4 community
M5 public leaders
M6 the leaders of all the parties in England
M7 can afford to let you have
M8 that our barge is stuck
M1 The Black Collar
M2 anoint a person by looking at his face, but anoint only the virtuous
M3 Court to judge on the basis of appearances. But, on this occasion, the Court proved worthy of the symbol.
M4 black or a yellow
M5 rules of the Court make
M6 Durban
M7 Perhaps it would have been ignominious.
M8 resistance has always been accompanied by yielding
M9 lotus
M1 make my stay in Natal meaningful
M2 posed a moral dilemma
M3 its strength to increase
M4 merchants
M5 like taking out an insurance
M6 Soon the folly of ‘brave to begin with’ became apparent.
M7 Therefore the Natal Indian Congress never undertook any activity with borrowed money.
M8 remained courteous
M9 melted
M10 beneficial
M11 matter of prestige
M12 guard
M1 knew Tamil
M2 a sense of being cared for
M3 approach me in the same manner as well
M1 drafted a Bill
M2 Bill
M3 whites
M4 would have accepted only
M5 violation of the interests of India
M6 Gokhale became the cause for
M7 Truth became manifest in the penance of the Indians. It demanded
M1 I served India
M2 brothers had deepened my desire for spiritual knowledge
M3 generosity
M4 awakened me
M5 used it for reading such books
M6 licentious
M7 I began to appreciate its uniqueness
M8 My regard for the Prophet increased.
M9 Thus I began certain practices like pranayam suggested in Hindu religion, as I understood them from the books.
M10 where universal love could take a person
M11 imbued with devotion. The congregation at eleven did not appear to be
M12 It could be said that the family I visited every Sunday told me to absent myself.
M13 history
M14 poked fun at
M15 praised
M16 The poor lady was hurt.
M17 I became vigilant.
M18 your company is beginning to have a bad effect on my boy
M19 I cannot afford this.
M20 mother
M1 I had set up households in Bombay and in England, but setting up a household in Natal was different.
M2 The servant has always been a pro
blem with me as
M3 also gave me
M4 This clerk was independent-minded.
M5 could bring down a flying bird
M6 the rottenness that was
M7 If you wish to see something.
M8 I told her, ‘Please, sister, you must leave at once. Never step into this house ever again.’
M9 My trust did not deserve this reward.
M10 My companion was enraged
M11 deceived me
M12 purged my life of much impurity
M13 this companion was for me a form of attachment and evil influence
M14 If the aforesaid accident had not opened my eyes, if I had not been cognizant of the truth, it is likely that I should not have become fit for the sacrifices I have been able to make. My service would have forever remained incomplete, for my companion would inevitably have impeded my progress.
M15 But how can one protected by Ram come to harm?
M16 Having done this service the cook sought leave of me that day and at that very moment.
M17 I did not insist otherwise.
M18 A broken utensil, however well mended, will always be broken, it will never be whole again.
M1 in South Africa
M2 Therefore, I decided to live in South Africa with my family and for that reason I considered it necessary to go home.
M3 this question
M4 if I went to my home country
M5 Indians born in South Africa
M6 book was so written that
M7 ‘Madrasi’ Indians
M8 speakers of the Dravidian languages
M9 The Dravid ‘Madrasis’ of South Africa speak a little bit of Hindi.
M10 at the root of this friendship and religious discussion
M11 manifestations of the same thing
M1 walk
M2 ‘I cannot assure you that I shall accept all your demands. We must understand and represent the Colonial perspective as well.’
M3 pure justice