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Mahatma Gandhi: The Last 200 Days
Contents
(Note: Day 1 starts from Tuesday, 15th July 1947 and Day 200 ends with Friday, 30th January 1948.)
Day 1 : "Living with a fait accompli" 1
Day 2 : "Live to make the world richer" 2
Day 3 : Conscience and right action 3
Day 4 : Politics is Dharma 4
Day 5 : "Leaders must serve the public" 6
Day 6 : "What happy Independence really is" 8
Day 7 : A summer of no illusion 10
Day 8 : What price violence? 12
Day 9 : Living well 14
Day 10 : Realising truth in unity 16
Day 11 : Poorna Swaraj is so far off 18
Day 12 : "Constructive work is the foremost need" 20
Day 13 : "If injustice be done to the people.... " 22
Day 14 : "The debate in my mind" 25
Day 15 : Duty calls - from Kashmir 27
Day 16 : "God will help true public service" 29
Day 17 : Love in a running train 32
Day 18 : On to Kashmir 34
Day 19 : A busy day in Srinagar 37
Day 20 : "He was his own Sun" 39
Day 21 : True leadership 41
Day 22 : Resides "Inside the power" 44
Day 23 : "Fear not even death" 46
Day 24 : "Let us all wake up, now" 49
Day 25 : "Learning to serve with love" 52
Day 26 : "Loving and striving alone matter" 54
Day 27 : Bapu postpones Noakhali visit 57
Day 28 : "Interest is everywhere where service is" 60
Day 29 : A strange partnership is launched 63
Day 30 : Following maternal freedom 65
Day 31 : The turning point 68
Day 32 : Independence Day 70
Day 33 : After poison - sweet nectar 73
Day 34 : God, morals, and mortals 76
Day 35 : Love and discipline 78
Day 36 : Flagging in peace 81
Day 37 : Realisation never pays 84
Day 38 : The Noakhali recipe 87
Day 39 : A new reconstruction 90
Day 40 : Praise the Lord for Peace 93
Day 41 : "To trust is the honourable way" 96
Day 42 : Helping East Pakistan 98
Day 43 : Dicing with God 101
Day 44 : "A brush with a Dewan" 104
Day 45 : Soldiering in peace 106
Day 46 : Hope survives in humanity 109
Day 47 : The Law of Harmony 112
Day 48 : The merit of voluntary giving 115
Day 49 : Bapu is challenged again 117
Day 50 : Fasting again for peace 119
Day 51 : "The willing spirit" 122
Day 52 : When is coercive fasting justified 125
Day 53 : Bapu breaks his fast 128
Day 54 : Cold rain and a warm reception 131
Day 55 : Off to Delhi 134
Day 56 : Working and dreaming on wheels 136
Day 57 : Troubled Delhi challenges Bapu 138
Day 58 : O, What is this freedom? 141
Day 59 : Hoping in the ruins 144
Day 60 : See clearly, live well 146
Day 61 : Dharma is returning good for evil 148
Day 62 : Independence is self-reliance 150
Day 63 : Avenge wrong by doing good 153
Day 64 : True religion is free from hate 156
Day 65 : Take me whole, or not at all 159
Day 66 : God grant me my dream 162
Day 67 : Intolerance is irreligion 164
Day 68 : In tune with God the real 167
Day 69 : How happy the birds! 170
Day 70 : If India fails, Asia dies 173
Day 71 : The burden of leadership 176
Day 72 : The way is long and time is short 179
Day 73 : To serve, to pray, and to grow 182
Day 74 : "Am I an Anachronism out of place?" 185
Day 75 : The will to transcend 188
Day 76 : "Let us prove Mr. Churchill wrong" 191
Day 77 : To swerve not from duty and truth 194
Day 78 : Get well - and fast! 197
Day 79 : Right religion must be from the heart 199
Day 80 : Of memories and a prayer 202
Day 81 : Suffer to make others happy 205
Day 82 : By his tears, he travelled 208
Day 83 : The heart's warmth against winter's cold 211
Day 84 : The deep healthy springs 214
Day 85 : Smiling his way through 218
Day 86 : Remain civilised! 220
Day 87 : The heaped plate overflows 223
Day 88 : Safety lies in self-reliance and sound management 226
Day 89 : May God right the wrong the British did 229
Day 90 : A practical friend 231
Day 91 : The tide slowly turns 234
Day 92 : "There is no third alternative" 237
Day 93 : "Violence helps no one - even in language" 239
Day 94 : "I have very little power" 241
Day 95 : Truth alone should triumph 245
Day 96 : A faith not to be forsaken 248
Day 97 : "After me, not total silence" 251
Day 98 : "I value people who abuse me" 254
Day 99 : Purity of heart 257
Day 100 : Everyone a trustee of public welfare 260
Day 101 : Indifference must stop 264
Day 102 : "I am not God. Why worship me?" 267
Day 103 : Bapu - A refugee among the refugees 270
Day 104 : The Eternal Law: Love is tested amidst hate 272
Day 105 : Do or die for unity 275
Day 106 : Fight for peace and honour 278
Day 107 : We should not become robbers 281
Day 108 : "God is really testing me" 284
Day 109 : Let light of sacrifice dispel darkness 286
Day 110 : "Let our hearts be temples of love" 289
Day 111 : True to oneself at any cost 292
Day 112 : Light and shade in life is welcome 295
Day 113 : Softer than a flower, harder than granite rock 298
Day 114 : "If every word of mine becomes potent... " 301
Day 115 : The traveller longs for rest 304
Day 116 : Serving man is serving God 308
Day 117 : Work will ward off mischief 311
Day 118 : Of causes and courtesies 314
Day 119 : Dispel discontent and fear 318
Day 120 : "Every worthy enterprise carries its own blessing" 321
Day 121 : A cheerless Diwali 324
Day 122 : Let Sri Rama's victory be in our hearts 327
Day 123 : "Will the Congress listen to me?" 331
Day 124 : "God gives me strength" 334
Day 125 : Blunt advice to the Congress 337
Day 126 : "Own your failings" 339
Day 127 : The Congress resolves as Bapu wanted 342
Day 128 : In death vitality is reborn 345
Day 129 : When will a real dawn rise? 347
Day 130 : "We need light, not darkness" 349
Day 131 : Nothing happens without God's will 351
Day 132 : Freedom is not licence 353
Day 133 : All rights emanate from duties 355
Day 134 : The immorality of ignorant power 357
Day 135 : May God grant good sense to all 358
Day 136 : To be fearless 360
Day 137 : Dharma and peace we cannot lose 362
Day 138 : Let us begin a new chapter 364
Day 139 : "I pray for a New India" 366
Day 140 : Self help 368
Day 141 : Help to bring Ram Rajya 369
Day 142 : The soul force of Ahimsa 371
Day 143 : A Nation must defend itself 373
Day 144 : "Consider the Truth" 375
Day 145 : Good must be returned for evil 377
Day 146 : "Enmity cannot be our dharma" 378
Day 147 : Prayer is the food of the soul 380
Day 148 : Lawlessness is a terrible disease 383
Day 149 : Everything depends on God 385
Day 150 : Needed: A revolution in education 387
Day 151 : Man was not made to kill 389
Day 152 : "Rock of purpose, light of truth" 390
Day 153 : Building the kingdom of God on earth 392
Day 154 : "True wisdom leads to mukti" 394
Day 155 : Safeguarding the dignity of India 396
Day 156 : Supervening unity of India 398
Day 157 : "My heart I unburden to you" 400
Day 158 : Only industriousness will bring lustre 402
Day 159 : "Non-violence, the legacy of all religions" 403
Day 160 : Decent cooperation a must for democracy 405
Day 161 : Citizen responsibility - the essence of democratic government 406
Day 162 : "Fear only God" 408
Day 163 : Advice to the minorities 410
Day 164 : "God dwells in the human body" 412
Day 165 : "If we want to retain freedom we need decent conduct" 414
Day 166 : Government must be by popular will 416
Day 167 : Oneness of word and deed 418
Day 168 : The soldier in winter 420
Day 169 : Religion and science are complementary 422
Day 170 : True Swaraj 424
Day 171 : Social work, simplicity and faith 426
Day 172 : "I find myself in a fiery pit" 427
Day 173 : Knowledge, action and devotion 429
Day 174 : Who knows what will happen tomorrow? 431
Day 175 : Prime desideratum for Free India 433
Day 176 : Khadi: The livery of Freedom 435
Day 177 : He wept not for himself, but for India 437
Day 178 : "A voice in the wilderness" 439
Day 179 : Hindustani as Language of India 441
Day 180 : Sanity, the only saviour 442
Day 181 : "When patience is lost, the battle is lost" 444
Day 182 : "Emulate the good, eschew the evil" 446
Day 183 : A fast against wrong 448
Day 184 : Throwing down a gauntlet 450
Day 185 : Be pure and wise 451
Day 186 : Disinterested action 453
Day 187 : "Friendship should replace enmity" 455
Day 188 : The Mahatma yields 457
Day 189 : The end of the fast 459
Day 190 : Achieve peace through love, not arms 460
Day 191 : Tribute to Nehru and Patel 462
Day 192 : Make your heart a temple of God 464
Day 193 : India's status is moral 467
Day 194 : Scrutiniser of his own motives 469
Day 195 : "I should die with Rama nama on my lips" 471
Day 196 : "The salt of Indian earth" 472
Day 197 : Exploit not the Nation 474
Day 198 : Right means for right ends 476
Day 199 : Let us turn to constructive work 478
Day 200 : In Lord Rama merges the Mahatma 480
The favourite Bhajans of Bapu 485
Glossary 489
Index 519
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