Interview: Ramachandra Guha, Author Of 'Gandhi Before India' : NPR: n 1893, in the bustling seaside city of Durban, South Africa — then under British colonial rule — a young lawyer stepped off a ship from India, eager to try his professional luck far away from home. His name was Mohandas Gandhi and he stayed in in that country for more than 20 years before returning home, where he'd make a name for himself as an anti-colonial agitator and social reformer.
In Gandhi Before India, historian and writer Ramachandra Guha chronicles Gandhi's years in South Africa. He tells NPR's Renee Montagne about how white South Africans treated Indians, Gandhi's entrance into politics and his lasting legacy of non-violent protest.
