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Gandhi Before India is a 2013 biography by Ramachandra Guha covering Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's life before he returned to India, focusing on his twenty-one years as a lawyer and civil-rights activist in South Africa. It examines how Gandhi experienced racial discrimination and developed Satyagraha, a form of protest meaning "truth force," during that period.
Gandhi Before India was written by Ramachandra Guha, an Indian historian. It is the first part of a two-volume biography of Gandhi.
Gandhi Before India was first published by Penguin India on the 2nd of October 2013, which is Gandhi's birth anniversary.
Satyagraha is a form of protest that translates loosely as "truth force." Guha's book shows that Gandhi developed this philosophy in South Africa in response to the government's discriminatory policies against coloured people, including the Indian community.
Yes. The Malayalam translation, titled Gandhi Indiaku munp, which literally means "Gandhi Before India," was released by DC Books.
The title of Gandhi Before India deliberately alludes to Guha's earlier work, India After Gandhi, published in 2007. Together the two books form bookends: one covering India's life after independence, the other covering Gandhi's life before his return to India.