- Title Pages
- By the same author
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary
- 1 Ancestry
- 2 The Merchant Prince
- 3 The Coming of the Mahatma
- 4 Plunge Into Politics
- 5 High Tide
- 6 Low Tide
- 7 Vinoba Bhave in Wardha
- 8 The Nagpur Flag Satyagraha
- 9 The Khadi Board
- 10 Gandhi at Bay
- 11 The Mahatma in Retirement
- 12 In the Gandhian Mould
- 13 The Cult of the Spinning Wheel
- 14 Political Revival
- 15 Civil Disobedience
- 16 Battle Against Untouchability
- 17 Gandhi Comes to Wardha
- 18 The Crisis of the Congress Party
- 19 Life with the Mahatma
- 20 Facing the Family
- 21 Princes and the People
- 22 Business and Ethics
- 23 Business and Politics
- 24 The Last Battle
- 25 Last Days
- Epilogue
- Select Bibliography
- Index
In the Gandhian Mould
In the Gandhian Mould
- Chapter:
- (p.134) 12 In the Gandhian Mould
- Source:
- In Gandhi’s Footsteps
- Author(s):
B. R. Nanda
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter discusses Jamnalal’s stay near the Sabarmati Ashram with his family. This visit coincided with Gandhi’s confinement in the Ashram in 1926. It examines Jamnalal’s obsession with the transience of life and wealth, which led him towards religion instead of the practice of making money. It then discusses the vow of brahmacharya, or sexual abstinence, the most difficult vow advocated by Gandhi in the Sabarmati Ashram. It also narrates the problems Jamnalal and his family experienced while adjusting to life in the Ashram, and the marriage of Kamala, Jamnalal’s eldest daughter. The chapter considers the issues that arose whenever Gandhi fasted—some even believed that it was a form of emotional blackmail—and Jamnalal’s interests in social reform and the disturbing trends in Marwari society.
Keywords: confinement, Sabarmati Ashram, brahmacharya, sexual abstinence, child marriage, fasting, emotional blackmail, social reform
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- Title Pages
- By the same author
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary
- 1 Ancestry
- 2 The Merchant Prince
- 3 The Coming of the Mahatma
- 4 Plunge Into Politics
- 5 High Tide
- 6 Low Tide
- 7 Vinoba Bhave in Wardha
- 8 The Nagpur Flag Satyagraha
- 9 The Khadi Board
- 10 Gandhi at Bay
- 11 The Mahatma in Retirement
- 12 In the Gandhian Mould
- 13 The Cult of the Spinning Wheel
- 14 Political Revival
- 15 Civil Disobedience
- 16 Battle Against Untouchability
- 17 Gandhi Comes to Wardha
- 18 The Crisis of the Congress Party
- 19 Life with the Mahatma
- 20 Facing the Family
- 21 Princes and the People
- 22 Business and Ethics
- 23 Business and Politics
- 24 The Last Battle
- 25 Last Days
- Epilogue
- Select Bibliography
- Index