Rediscovering Gandhi / Yogesh Chadha.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-513) and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1 The Mahatma: Background and Boyhood -- 2 Growing Pains -- 3 Law Student in London -- 4 Briefless Barrister -- 5 Unwelcome Visitor -- 6 Exposure to Christianity -- 7 Emerging Leader -- 8 The Green Pamphlet -- 9 Self-reliance and War -- 10 Indian Interlude -- 11 Phoenix -- 12 Brahmacharya -- 13 A Mission to London -- 14 Birth of Satyagraha -- 15 The Petitioner and the Terrorists -- 16 The New Outlook -- 17 Tolstoy Farm -- 18 Glimmer of Hope -- 19 Satyagraha: A Moral Victory -- 20 The Moderates and the Extremists -- 21 Return of the Native -- 22 A Speech to Remember -- 23 The Stain of Indigo -- 24 Sabarmati -- 25 Massacre -- 26 Leader of the Nation -- 27 The Great Trial -- 28 The 'Silent' Years -- 29 A Pinch of Salt Rocks an Empire -- 30 Truce -- 31 Round Table Conference -- 32 Crusade Against Untouchability -- 33 In Turmoil -- 34 The Rift Widens -- 35 Subhas Chandra Bose -- 36 Descent into War -- 37 'Quit India' Movement -- 38 Detention in the Aga Khan Palace -- 39 India in Suspense -- 40 The Cabinet Mission -- 41 The Ordeal of Noakhali -- 42 Vivisection -- 43 Calcutta -- 44 Anguished Refugees -- 45 The Last Fast -- 46 Message to Congress -- 47 The Last Journey -- 48 The Hatching of the Plot -- 49 A Permissive Assassination -- 50 The Judicial Verdict -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Chapter Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Index.

Aiming to avoid the hagiographical approach of previous biographies of Gandhi, this work incorporates an exploration of his weaknesses and the controversial features of his public and personal life. It also presents a detailed account of the planning of his assassination, its execution, and the trial that followed it. With the help of Gandhi's own writings and many government papers which have become accessible in recent years, the book takes readers through the events which became turning points in Gandhi's intellectual, political and spiritual development.