My Father's Death and My Double Shame
- His father becomes very ill when the youth is 16. Gandhi takes to his bedside and loves to care for him, but he slips away to his bedroom at night due to lust for his wife, as he calls it.
- This practice of leaving his father for the bedroom at night leads Gandhi to not be present when his father dies.
- Recounting the story, Gandhi still feels ashamed about this and blames lust.