ABSTRACT
In the years following my marriage, I came to learn many new things about politics and religion, although I still enjoyed the games of my childhood. My introduction to politics was in 1905 when I was seven years old and Mother served us with a phal-ahar [fruit meal] when it was neither a fast day nor a puja day. It was not a holiday nor did I hear of any holy purpose, so I was somewhat puzzled to notice the unusual silence in the kitchen and find that no fires were burning at all. On enquiry I learnt it was associated with the Swadeshi movement.
