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LET US KNOW ■ Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from Public.Resource.Org https://archive.org/details/letusknowgandhijOOurra LET US KNOW GANDHIJI LET US KNOW GANDHIJI U.R. RAO PUBLICATIONS DIVISION MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 1st Edition : November 1969 (KARTIKA 1891) Reprints : 1994, 2005 © Publications Division ISBN : 81 - 230 - 0240 - 8 Price : Rs. 80.00 GLI-ENG-REP-039-2005-06 Published by Director, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, Soochna Bhawan, New Delhi-110 003 Website : http://www.publicationsdivision.nic.in EDITING : I.K. Chari / Dayawanti Srivastava COVER DESIGN : Vasanti Pardeshi Typeset at : Goswami Graphics, A-1, Mayapuri, Ph-1, New Delhi - 64 Printed at: Sheel Print-N-Pack, D-132, Phase 2, Noida Sales Centres: Delhi - Soochna Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110 003. Hall No.196, Old Secretariat, Delhi-110054. Mumbai - Commerce House, Currimbhoy Road, Ballard Pier, Mumbai-400 038. Kolkata - 8, Esplanade East, Kolkata - 700 069. Chennai - ‘A’ Wing, Rajaji Bhawan, Besant Nagar, Chennai-600 090. Thiruvananthapuram - Press Road, Near Govt. Press, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 001. Hyderabad - Block No. 4, 1st Floor, Gruhakalpa Complex, M.J. Road, Nampally, Hyderabad-500 001. Bangalore - 1st Floor, ‘F’ Wing, Kendriya Sadan, Koramangala, Bangalore- 560 034. Patna - Bihar State Co-operative Bank Building, Ashoka Rajpath, Patna-800 004. Lucknow - Hall No. 1, 2nd Floor, Kendriya Bhawan, Sector-8, Aliganj, Lucknow-226 024. Ahmedabad - Ambica Complex, 1st Floor, Paldi, Ahmedabad-380 007. Guwahati - Naujan Road, Ujan Bazar, Guwahati-781 001. CONTENTS PAGE WHO WAS GANDHIJI ? - AN INTRODUCTION 1 1. DEVOTION TO PARENTS 6 2. ADHERENCE TO TRUTH 11 3. FIRST LESSON IN AHIMSA 13 4. THE DIFFICULTY OF BEING DISHONEST 16 5. THE VANITY OF FASHION 19 6. FIRST STEP IN SELF-DENIAL 21 7. MANILAL’S RECOVERY 27 8. SERVING THE PLAGUE-STRICKEN 30 9. JUSTICE TO INDENTURED LABOUR 32 10. THE HONEST COURSE 36 11. THE PRACTICE OF LAW 40 12. SELF-HELP 42 13. DIGNITY OF LABOUR 44 14. BHANUBAPA’S SHOES 47 15. GOSPEL OF WORK 49 16. “SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME..” 50 17. A CHILD AMONG CHILDREN 53 18. AMONG THE CHILDREN OF EAST END 56 19. “MY DEAR CHILD....” 62 20. KINDNESS TO LIVING THINGS 66 21. ALL LIFE IS ONE 68 22. NURSING THE SICK 71 23. AMONG THE LEPERS 24. WITH THE DISABLED 76 25. FAITH IN NATURE CURE 78 26. CALMNESS IN PRESENCE OF DANGER 79 27. FEARLESSNESS 82 28. WOMEN WITHOUT FEAR 86 29. GIFT OF LAUGHTER 90 30. THE PRICE OF PUNCTUALITY 95 31. ACCOUNTING FOR EVERY PAISA 97 32. THE IMPORTANCE OF TRIFLES 101 33. HOW BAPU ADOPTED THE LOIN CLOTH 104 34. GIFTS OF THE POOR 108 35. LITTLE KAUMUDFS SACRIFICE 110 36. HUMILITY 115 37. AT HOME WITH THE LOWLY 118 38. THE CALL OF VOLUNTARY POVERTY 121 39. THE NEED FOR DISCIPLINE 123 40. THE CHARKHA AND THE POOR 125 41. THE DUTY OF BREAD LABOUR 127 42. HARIJANS: THE MEN OF GOD 129 43. THE POWER OF PRAYER 135 44. “FATHER, FORGIVE THEM ...” 138 45. MIR ALAM’S ATTACK 145 46. THE BOMB AT THE PRAYER MEETING 149 47. ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS 150 48. FOR A BETTER WORLD TOMORROW 152