

When Gandhi returned to his native India, he was met by a variety of challenges but did not hesitate to take them on. He stayed in South Africa over twenty years and realized many successes in his goal to help his people. Gandhi worked tirelessly to forge a better life for his countrymen who lived and worked in South Africa. Gandhi's view was that discrimination could be overcome by a two-fold approach: exalting the individual who is being discriminated against while appealing to the fairness of the discriminator. His intent was to lift these people up and encourage them to stand up against discrimination. He spoke before a large gathering of Indians and Moslems working as indentured laborers in South Africa.

After experiencing discrimination first-hand, he found his voice. He had not been successful as a lawyer in Bombay because he was too shy to speak up in court.

Gandhi's life took a huge turn from which it never returned when he is offered a position as a lawyer in South Africa. He was not notified of her passing since the family knew he would be distraught. His mother, who he referred to as a saint, died when he was away in London at law school. The narrative chronicles his story from his birth as the fourth and last son of his father, a government official, and his beloved mother who was illiterate but a devout follower of Hinduism. GANDHI - HIS LIFE AND MESSAGE FOR THE WORLD by Louis Fischer is a biography of the life of Mahatma Gandhi, known throughout the world as the Father of India.
