contEnts Note to Readers v Time Line vi Introduction Mohandas Gandhi ix Create a Toran 6 Make Diya Candleholders 10 Bake Nan Khatai Cookies 13 Investigate Authors Who Inspired Gandhi 40 Create an Anti-Bully Poster 43 Make Rangoli Sand Art 46 1 EarLy yEars by thE sEa 1 2 nEw horizons 15 3 a LawyEr and a rEbEL 33 4 thE ashr aM LifE 49 Write a Legend 18 Create a Henna Hand Design 20 Design a Vegetarian Menu for a Day 24 Build a Book Exchange Bookshelf 30 Practice Anti-Consumerism for a Day 52 Try Out Basic Yoga Poses 54 Visit a CSA Farm 57 5 thE PowEr of nonvioLEncE 63 Write a Peace Pledge 66 Write a Poem of Ahimsa 71 6 sPinninG and fastinG 77 Make a Meditation Mat 80 Spin Thread from a Cotton Boll 88 indEPEndEncE 91 Evaporate Salt in the Tradition of Gandhi 94 Speak Up for a Cause 98 7 MarchinG toward 8 Gandhi’s LEGacy 107 Create a Community Peace Prize 109 Organize an Inspiring Film Fest 115 Acknowledgments 117 Pronunciation Guide 119 Glossary 121 Places to Visit in Person or Online 123 Notes 125 Bibliography 129 Index 131
e 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 f g 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 h notE to rEadErs the story of Gandhi takes you into the enchanting and unique worlds of India South Africa and Eng land where different cultures and languages come to life You’ll read about Gandhi’s early life in India and glimpse the colorful festivals animals and foods that were integral parts of his life From India you’ll travel with Gandhi to England and South Africa to learn about these countries Throughout Gandhi’s life he spoke different languages to communicate with his family members friends teach ers employers clients political leaders activists and fol lowers He believed that knowing different languages helped him understand the world around him Gandhi grew up in the state of Gujarat India He first learned and spoke Gujarati which he favored as his dominant lan guage Gandhi also learned English as a child in British ruled India and he was versed in Indian languages such as Sanskrit and Hindi To help you learn about and pro nounce many of the different words and names through out this book a glossary and pronunciation guide are included in the back v
ing Satyagraha 1913 Gandhi organizes a nonviolent march through the Natal 1906 Gandhi organizes a second ambulance corps during the Zulu Rebellion arranged marriage Harilal is born 1891 Gandhi returns to India after earning his law degree and Transvaal regions 1869 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is born on October 2 in Porbandar India in the state of Gujarat 1888 Gandhi travels to England to study law his first son 1910 Gandhi establishes the Tolstoy Farm near Johannesburg 1883 At 13 years old Mohandas marries Kastur Kapadia in an 1908 Gandhi is imprisoned in a Johannesburg jail for instigat 1907 Gandhi organizes his first peaceful nonviolent Satya graha campaign to protest a law designed to register and fingerprint Asians 1893 Gandhi travels to Durban South Africa to work as a law yer he is thrown off a train for refusing to move from his paid first-class seat to a third-class seat tiME LinE e 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 g 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1904 Gandhi establishes the Phoenix Settlement near Durban which is a communal ashram devoted to vegetarianism spirituality and sustainable farming practices 1920 Gandhi begins his noncooperation movement he orga nizes a boycott of British goods and encourages people to spin cotton and make their own clothes 1899 Gandhi organizes the Natal Indian Ambulance Corps for the British during the Second Boer War 1919 Gandhi helps organize protests against the Rowlatt Act legislation aimed to suppress Indian rights 1917 Gandhi establishes the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmed abad Gujarat he helps the farmers of Champaran months 1914 World War I begins 1897 Gandhi is beaten by a mob of white settlers in Durban for his pro-Indian reform efforts 1918 World War I ends 1894 Gandhi creates the Natal Indian Congress to fight dis crimination against Indians 1896 Gandhi travels to India to bring his family to live with 1914 Gandhi helps pass the Indian Relief Act of 1914 1914 Gandhi leaves South Africa and lives in England for five 1919 The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre him in South Africa 1915 Gandhi returns to India and is welcomed as a hero vi
1922 Gandhi is sentenced to six years in the Yerwada Central Jail in Pune India 1927 The first edition of Gandhi’s autobiography The Story of My Experiments with Truth is published the second edi tion is published two years later 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 f 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 h 1947 India gains independence from British rule and is separated into India and Pakistan 1932 Imprisoned again in the Yerwada jail Gandhi begins his historic fast on behalf of the untouchables 1944 Kasturba dies 1945 World War II ends 1942 Gandhi helps launch the Quit India movement demanding India’s independence from British rule 1942 Gandhi and Kasturba are imprisoned at Aga Khan Palace 1948 Gandhi 78 years old is assassinated by a Hindu nationalist on January 30 1930 From the Sabarmati Ashram Gandhi sets out on the his toric Salt March 1922 Chauri Chaura killings 1939 World War II begins in Pune India 1943 Gandhi fasts 21 days to protest violence in India vii
