Gandhi's Truth
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t y?uth, his parents, friends, his education in ndon and how he came to terms with European mores. There is a fascinating account of how Gandhi, who had made a vow to his mother before leaving India to remain a vegetarian, joined the vegetarian movement in London, which brought him into first contact with such vital Christian and Western writers as Tolstoi, Ruskin and Thoreau, strengthening in him a peculiarly Indian intuition and yet also a critical ability. Gandhi developed an inclusive identity, that of
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