The Story of My Experiments with Truth Part 4, Chapter 9 Summary

A Tussle with Power

  • Some white officers are requiring bribes from Indians and Chinese. Gandhi convinces the police to take action against them, but the courts find them not guilty due to prejudice in their favor. But, they lose their jobs, and much of that particular corruption vanishes.
  • Gandhi emphasizes that he doesn't have anything against these corrupt officers personally. Hate the sin and not the sinner is his advice.
  • Ahimsa, or non-violence, means it's proper to attack a system but improper to attack a person because, as we're all children of the same creator, that's tantamount to attacking oneself.