Gandhi Through a Child's Eyes: An Intimate Memoir

by Narayan Desai, Mark Shepard (Editor), Bhal Malji (Translator)

"Gandhi was father to the ashram, leader of the nation, Mahatma to the common Indian. But, to us children, he was above all simply a friend."

So says Narayan Desai in this memoir of childhood with Mahatma Gandhi. Son of Gandhi's chief secretary -- and today a major figure in the worldwide nonviolence movement -- Desai spent his first twenty years in Gandhi's ashrams. Drawing on this rich background, he offers a rare, intimate, and revealing portrait of Gandhi and the people around him.

63 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1992