The little brown man with the spinning wheel was spinning more & more frantically—for some of the threads were running rather short. Mohandas K. Gandhi was 74. He had striven for a generation to free India from British rule. But India was not independent. Moreover, the war in Europe was drawing to a close. Less than ever would the Raj be impressed by the little brown man's threats and promises to help or hinder Allied victory. He must do something quickly.
First he must try to end the deadlock between the truculent Moslem...