About the BookAbout the Author

This book deals with the last phase of Gandhi’s life. The author was Gandhi’s secretary and companion during those crucial last years. He has drawn on his close relationship with the Mahatma, and on a wealth of documentary evidence to show how Gandhi dealt with the crises he experienced both at the personal and political level. An honest and searching study that throws light on Gandhi’s personality and attitudes, many aspects of which were controversial in nature.

BOSE, N. K., former Director, Anthropological Survey of India.