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This Was Bapu

[One Hundred and Fifty Anecdotes relating to Mahatma Gandhi]


Compiled by: R.K. Prabhu

First Edition: July 1954


Printed & Published by:

Navajivan Publishing House

Ahemadabad 380014, Gujarat, India.



» Acknowledgement
» Foreword
» A Dream of Death
» The Salt of Life
» A Parting Gift
» The Lion and The Lamb
» His Religion
» When G. B. S. visited Gandhiji
» A Birthday Message
» Drink Evil
» The Birthday Purse
» Secret of Success
» Is the World getting better?
» "What of you?"
» The Black Cat
» Birthday Message to Tagore
» Mahatma and The Capitalist
» "Wild Man of God"
» Good-Bye to Tea!
» In Buckingham Palace
» Life Insurance
» A Cabinman's Ruse
» The Power of the prayer
» "Ask Ba"
» His Sense of Humour
» "The Light of the World"
» Violence preferred to Cowardice
» A laugh at himself
» "Not An F.T.S."
» His daily bill of fare
» "Price of freedom is Death"
» "Bande Mataram"
» Like the True Yogi
» A Retort Courteous
» "Welcome" Or "Unwelcome"?
» Postman before Premier
» A race in paternity
» The secret of his power
» Man and Machine
» A Missionary's Zeal
» Origin of 'Gandhi Cap'
» Mahatmaji tickled to laughter
» Harijan Seva
» The Mahatma and the Mirror
» The Poor Man's Remedy
» Iqbal's Tribute
» Eid Greetings to Quide-I-Azam
» A Tribute to Ba
» Gandhiji's Minus Fours
» Power of Silence
» "Gandhi Cigarettes"
» A Humiliating Spectacle
» A Present from Maulana Mohammed Ali
» Christ Recrucified
» Retort to a Scientist
» His "Womanliness"
» A Certificate from Gokhale
» "Nothing Too Small For Him"
» "Are You A Mahatma?"
» Little Heroines of India
» No Temple For Gandhiji
» Prayers Against Atom Bombs
» "More Beautiful Than All Ornaments"
» Bapu's Humanity
» "They Ought To Execute Him"
» "My Darkest Hour"
» Don'ts for Receptionists
» His Little Friends
» Floored!
» No Use for Looking-Glass
» A Poor Woman's Gift
» In Defence of National Dress
» The Gandhi 'Talisman'
» A Rebuke to Students
» The Adobe of Hapiness
» Kindred Spirits
» 'Liars All'
» How to serve your country
» Gandhi and Thoreau
» An Object-lesson in Ahimsa
» An invitation to commit Harakiri
» A Jail Experience
» Ramanama as a Charm
» Who are the 'Unclean'?
» Gandhiji and The Communists
» "Non-violent" Honey
» The Kali Temple
» "World's Most Colossal Experiment"
» Bapu and Ba
» A Message to Maulana Mohammed Ali
» Punishes himself for others' sins
» "Prisoner No. 1739"
» Press Fabrications
» Origin of his Lion Cloth
» "They deserve the crown"
» Duel with a Doctor
» Bapu The Miser
» Gandhiji as Adyar
» The Will and the Deed
» A Namashrudra's Faith
» "The Strange Man from South Africa"
» A Promise Kept
» "With Love" to detectives
» A Pataudi Story
» Silent Speech to Press
» "A Delicious Lie"
» He wouldn't copy
» The Troublesome Tooth
» The Sola Hat
» A Lesson in Correct Living
» A Rebuke to Banias
» A Newspaper Hoax
» A Promise to his mother
» A British Nurse's Taunt
» "Pray for me"
» Unforgetful Memories
» Bapu Apologizes
» With The Lepers
» In defence of Kasturba
» The fallen sisters
» A Word to Lakshmi
» Bapu's Ahimsa in action
» 'The British Bania'
» Origin of name 'Harijan'
» Harijan work for students
» His 'Daughters'
» 'Uncle Gandhi'
» Mahatma's death reconciles mother and daughter
» Death of his spiritual son
» "I am still a student"
» A Tragedy
» An interview with Gandhiji
» A sermon on trifles
» Experiments with uncooked food
» Origin of Mass Prayers
» "Have I property"
» Rights and Duties
» Mahatma Gandhi's Courtesy
» A walk with children
» Guru and Chela
» All Life is one
» In the Lion's Den
» God in Action
» "The Prince of Beggars"
» An Early Example of Bapu's Ahimsa
» An Ideal Prisoner
» The "Half-Naked", "Seditious Fakir"
» All over beef tea and salt
» A 'Jivanmukta' in the role of Scavenger
» Gandhi-Romain Rolland Meeting
» Rebuke to a Journalistic 'Son'
» "Stabling Truth"
» Lessons in Journalistic Ethics
» Some Typical Letters of Gandhiji
» Gandhiji's Favourite Hymns