The Story of My Experiments with Truth Part 2, Chapter 13 Summary

What It Is to Be a "Coolie"

  • Gandhi gives some background on the discrimination and prejudice against Indians in South Africa, telling readers to go to his book History of Satyagraha in South Africa for the full story.
  • He continues to experience the prejudice firsthand.
  • A guard kicks him without warning. Though Gandhi has a witness, he declines to pursue a case against the guard, already having forgiven him.
  • But, Gandhi is more and more driven to solve the problem.