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a meet<strong>in</strong>g. But <strong>in</strong> the end he was toocowed even to do that.Gandhi learned over time to managehis shyness, but he never really overcameit. He couldn’t speak extemporaneously;he avoided mak<strong>in</strong>g speecheswhenever possible. Even <strong>in</strong> his lateryears, he wrote, “I do not th<strong>in</strong>k I couldor would even be <strong>in</strong>cl<strong>in</strong>ed to keep ameet<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> friends engaged <strong>in</strong> talk.”But with his shyness came his uniquebrand <strong>of</strong> strength—a form <strong>of</strong> restra<strong>in</strong>tbest understood by exam<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g littleknown corners <strong>of</strong> Gandhi’s life story. Asa young man he decided to travel toEngland to study law, aga<strong>in</strong>st thewishes <strong>of</strong> the leaders <strong>of</strong> his ModhiBania subcaste. Caste members wereforbidden to eat meat, and the leadersbelieved that vegetarianism was impossible<strong>in</strong> England. But Gandhi hadalready vowed to his beloved mother to564/929

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