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The Story of My Experiments with Truth Part 1, Chapter 4 Summary

Playing the Husband

  • Discussing his marriage, Gandhi says the passion for truth is innate in him and put being faithless to his wife out of the question.
  • But faithfulness has a dark side because, as a young husband, he wants to force Kasturbai, his wife, to also be faithful.
  • She is, but that doesn't stop him from being jealous all the time and trying to control her.
  • During the first five years of their marriage—from age 13 to 18—the two aren't allowed to stay together much.
  • When they are together, Gandhi's lust distracts him from more productive things, such as teaching her to read and write.
  • As an adult, he blames her lack of education on his lust.