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The Story of My Experiments with Tag princi ‘Wi ography, al et eae ting what is right and wrong. The original becat | : Gt sal oat emerot translated into English and other Indian langya. wal | The en .- in five parts, beginning with Gandhiji's birth and covers the periggl think | till 1921. In the last chapter he writes, ‘My life from this point onward has hag weal so public that there is hardly anything about it that people do not know ja Eng excerpt, ‘Playing the English Gentleman’ is Chapter 14 of his autobiography. Mon es a. ie = sho — car campeon _ About the author m tot — : to 1 M. K Gandhi (1869-1948), also known as the father of the nation, was one of the m Vic political and spiritual leaders of his time. He studied law in England and led a mo il hac South Africa against racial discrimination and perfected the techniques of satyagraha ti J thi Gandhi returned to India, and became leader of the Indian National Congress, adve on |= ™ tal British rule to achieve independence. His life conta policy of non-violent protest against to inspire leaders and thinkers across the world who believe in peaceful social and pal ‘: = transformation. Gandhi had a forceful style which mirrors his hopes and faith, his sorrows = disappointments. It has simplicity, precision, clarity and is devoid of artificiality a fh al — think of Gandhiji, the image of a man in bare body, a loin-cloth, a long stam p . 2 re a e a oy ef oa sandals and a dollar-watch dangling at the wais | ; ery difficult to believe that this great man, when he was a studen st i) law in London, was very fashio ; nable and stylish z himself ‘efi sh and at one po - Eeapted Ga agai Englishman. Read the text ea acd ote Ji to follow the manners and customs of polite society in Englané 7 ; Reading Reading unit 1 or al day to day. Salt’s book whette® aq : - on aeuaee stenusssssnteasstt =n : 4 " books available on vegetarial > 4 
