ABSTRACT

Chapter 4 relates to his return to India. Gandhi had to accept that South Africa was no more his karmabhoomi? He was realizing that dedicating oneself to the service of one’s fellow beings is a demanding undertaking. It can leave “ample room for hypocrisy and humbug, because a man or a woman may easily deceive himself or herself and deceive his or her neighbour also, by saying: ‘In spirit I have given up possessions, and yet externally I am possessing these things; you must not examine my deed, you must examine my intention; and of my intention only I must remain the sole witness’. That is a trap and a death trap’”.