GANDHI AS A LAWYER

• M. K GANDI AFTER COMPLETING HIS EDUCATION AND QUALIFYING AS

AN ADVOCATE RETURNED TO INDIA TO PRACTICE HIS PROFESSION.
• HE WAS RETURNING FROM EDEN IN ENGLAND ON A SHIP TO BOMBAY
DOCK.
• HE CAME BEARING FEARS AND DOUBTS IN MIND ON HOW TO PROCEED
AS A LAWYER IN INDIA.
• HIS ELDER BROTHER HAD COME TO MEET HIM ON THE DOCK AND HE
ALSO MADE ACQUAINTANCE OF DR, MEHTA AND HIS ELDER BROTHER
WHO INSISTED MR. GANDHI TO STAY WITH IN BOMBAY.
• THEIR RELATIONSHIP WHICH STARTED IN ENGLAND TURNED OUT TO BE A PERMANENT FRIENDSHIP
OVER TIME.
• GANDHIJ ELDER BROTHER HAD HIGH HOPES FOR HIM.
• HIS DESIRE FOR FAME AND WEALTH MADE HIM LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED IN ORDER TO PREPARE
THE FIELD FOR GANDHI’S PRACTICE.
• BY THE TIME GANDHIJI RETURNED TO INDIA, TWO SECTS WERE DIVIDED. ONE WHICH ACCEPTED HIM
AND THE OTHER THOUGHT THAT GOING TO ENGLAND HADE MADE HIM UNHOLY.
• SO HIS BROTHER TOOK HIM TO NASIK AND GAVE HIM A BATH IN THE SACRED RIVER.
• GANDHIJ, OUT OF RESPECT TOWARDS HIS BROTHER FOLLOWED ALL HIS INSTRUCTIONS AND ON
COMPLETING THE RITUAL THEY FINALLY REACHED RAJKOT.
• IT WAS A DELIGHT FOR HIM TO MEET HIS BOY WHO WAS NOW 4 AND THE OTHER CHILDREN OF
THE HOUSE.
• HE ENJOYED THEIR COMPANY AND WANTED TO HELP THEM IN THEIR EDUCATION AS WELL.
• EVERYTHING WAS REFORMED ON HIS ARRIVAL. BE IT FOOD, CULTERY OR CLOTHES. ALL OF IT
WAS TRANSFOEMED ACCORDING TO THE EUROPEAN CULTURE.
• NEW DISH LIKE OAMETAL PORRIDGE AND COCOA AS A BEVERAGE WAS INTRODUCED.
NATURALLY., THE EXPENSES WENT UP.
• NEW THINGS WERE ADDED ON A DAILY BASIS AND GANDHIJI THOUGHT THAT PRACTICING IN
RAJKOT WOULD DO HIM NO GOOD.
• NO CLIENT WOULD BE FOOL ENOUGH TO ENGAGE ME.
• FRIENDS ADVICE OF MOVING TO BOMBAY TO GAIN SOME EXPERIENCE IN THE HIGH COURT
BEFORE PRACTISING.
• BOMBAY WAS NO EASY AS THERE WAS LESS INCOME AND MORE EXPENDITURE.
• ALL OF THESE DIFFICULTIES MADE GANDHIJI THINK THAT A BARRISTERS JOB WAS BAD.
• MORE OF EXTERIOR SHOW WITH LESS OF KNOWLEDGE.