![]() ![]() They wanted their own, and cigarettes cost money. Adult men smoked, why not we do the same? But soon they were not satisfied to collect half-smoked cigarettes which other people threw away. They enjoyed the experience and saw nothing wrong in it. I will take no more meat while they are alive."Īnother school friend encouraged Mohan to smoke. "My stomach is bad," As he said the words, his conscience pricked him: "I am lying to my mother - No, I can't do it. "I don't feel like it, mother," he replied. "Why don't you eat well, Mohan?" she asked. After eating meat secretly Mohan did not feel hungry when he got home. So it went on for a year.īut there was a difficulty. His friend brought good tasty meat dishes and soon he began to enjoy them. How terrible it tasted! He could not sleep that night he felt as if a live goat was bleating inside him. Finally he agreed that he would try meat-eating and his friend secretly brought some goat's meat for him. ![]() Yet, on the other hand, it was his duty to help drive the British out of India. They were Vaishnavas and would be greatly shocked and grieved. If he ate meat, he would have to hide it from his parents. If we want to fight them and drive them out we too must eat meat and grow strong." "Do you know why the English rule over us? his friend went on. I am afraid of darkness and ghosts and thieves. And look at you! You are weak, you have no courage." "Why do they do it?" "Meat eaters grow strong and healthy", said his friend. "So do some of our leading men." "I did not know that," said Mohan. "Some of our teachers eat meat secretly," he said. This friend had told Mohan many stories about the benefits of eating meat. Both Putlibai (Gandhi's mother) and Kasturba (Gandhi's wife) disliked him, but Mohan said, "Let me be his friend I know he has weaknesses but he also has virtues". Mohan had a friend in school who had rather a bad reputation. While he was in High School he had a number of experiences - not always pleasant - from which he learned much. Like all teenagers Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was curious and loved to dabble with new experiences. ![]()
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