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Another man, Gandhi knew, would
protest for readmission. But he couldn’t
see the point. He knew that fighting
would only generate retaliation. Instead
he followed the Sheth’s wishes and kept
at a distance, even from his own family.
His sister and in-laws were prepared to
host him at their homes in secret, but
he turned them down.
The result of this compliance? The
subcaste not only stopped bothering
him, but its members—including those
who had excommunicated him—helped
in his later political work, without expecting
anything in return. They
treated him with affection and generosity.
“It is my conviction,” Gandhi wrote
later, “that all these good things are
due to my non-resistance. Had I agitated
for being admitted to the caste,
had I attempted to divide it into more
camps, had I provoked the castemen,
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