The man before the Mahatma : M K Gandhi, attorney at law / M K Gandhi
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TextPublication details: London : Random House India, 2012Description: xv, 456p, 24cmISBN: - 9788184001303
- 954.035092 GAN
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The Man before the Mahatma is the first biography of Gandhi's life in the law. It follows Gandhi on his journey of self-discovery during his law studies in Britain, his law practice in India and his enormous success representing wealthy Indian merchants in South Africa, where relentless attacks on Indian rights by the white colonial authorities cause him to give up his lucrative representation of private clients for public work-the representation of the besieged Indian community in South Africa. Using the courtrooms of South Africa as his laboratory for resistance, Gandhi learns something else so important that it will eventually have a lasting and worldwide impact: a determined people can bring repressive governments to heel by the principled use of civil disobedience.
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