I am re reading Gandhi's auto biography .It deals with his youth till the time he came back to India.The reason he was able to write about it is that he kept a good dairy of his life during that time.It deals with about first 56 years of his life.It tickled him that he was called Mahatma.
Good part about this biography is that it gives reader a peak into Gandhi's thinking and his development process.It sure is a picture of forming of his mind.His honesty leaves him vulnerable to criticism but i am not sure if he reveals anything which makes him look really bad .All his exposes are intentional and with the right impact.Are they a marketing exercise of the best order.I am thankful he chose to write about his life rather than a manifesto of his life.
His home schooling of his sons comes across arrogant and stubborn to the highest degree.One has to be megalomaniac to think that one could impart best education for a young person without great help from trained teachers and other education experts.He deprived his sons of formal degrees and deprived them opportunity to get the benefit of learning as well rewards of high education for employment.
I like Gandhi's advice to his mentor Gokhle to walk for health.Gandhi considered walking a form of exercise to be undertaken like eating, necessary for life.
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