Part 5, Chapters 21-25 Summary

Ahnedabad is close to the location of their Ashram, in the village of Kochrab. They close their facility there and move during an outbreak of the Plague. They buy their own land several miles from the existing location of the Ashram and immediately move there and live in tents. The land, located on the banks of a river, is snake-infested, but they hold to their principle of not killing any living thing.

While this is going on, the strike is in progress. Gandhi announces his intention to fast until the strike is settled or the workers leave the mills. His plan is successful and the strike ends after a fast of three days. Gandhi is then on to his next cause, the Kheda Satyagraha struggle. The situation in Kheda is approaching famine due to widespread crop failure. Under the...