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Mahatma Gandhi – His Life & Timesargued; their religion forbade voyages abroad because Hinduism could not bepractised there.Gandhi told them he would go nevertheless. At this, the headman ostracizedMohandas. 'This boy shall be treated as an outcast from today,' the elderdeclared.Undaunted, Gandhi bought a steamer ticket, a necktie, a short jacket andenough food, chiefly sweets and fruit, for the three weeks to Southampton. OnSeptember 4, he sailed. He was not yet eighteen. Several months earlier,Kasturbai had borne him a male child and they called it Harilal. Now the voyageto England gave Gandhi 'a long and healthy separation' from his wife.www.mkgandhi.org Page 28