Before Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi adopted a strictly ascetic lifestyle as an essential part of his efforts to secure freedom for India, he faced as many temptations, as a teenager, as others of his age did. This is the story of how he gave in to some of them.
Excerpted with permission from Tales of Young Gandhi, Janhavi Prasada, HarperCollins India.
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