Short answers, pulled from the story.
Ramachandra Guha's book opens with the birth of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in 1869. The narrative follows his journey until he returned to India after spending twenty-one years abroad.
He responded to these harsh government policies by developing Satyagraha. This method translates loosely to truth force and became a form of protest that emerged from his daily struggles on the ground.
Penguin India published the first volume of this biography on the 2nd of October 2013. This date coincides exactly with Gandhi's birth anniversary.
Mainstream media outlets received the biography favorably upon its release and scholarly journals also offered positive reviews of the work. Critics praised the depth of research and the clarity of the narrative.
The sequel is titled The Years That Changed The World and appeared in 2018. Together these books cover the entire span of Gandhi's life.