On returning from Africa, Gandhi had to immediately find work with the local government of the town, which he would, finding favour with a local Hindu preacher named Gokhal, who is encouraging his fellow Indians to resist the English oppressors, but in a peaceful manner.
This man, Gokhal, would become one Gandhi's inspirations to lead India in the peaceful revolution that would soon come and absorb India. This however will come later...
Sadly, Gandhi hasn't been the best provider for his family, and this is causing some strains with his wife and children. He is in dept and needs to find money quick in order to keep the house. So he commands his wife to sell her jewelry in order to help support the family(Apparently it was or is normal for Indians to treat their wives as their own possessions). This Gandhi has turned the children against her, by telling them she is guilty for not allowing them to go to school and get an education like infuriates her, because she has slaved for him in every way, and believes she deserves her jewels, also Gandhi...
This conflict will eventually boil over, and according to the book, his wife leaves him and stays with her brother and sister. This doesn't really concern Gandhi much, and she pretty much disappears from the book, along with her children. Very little is mentioned of Gandhi's family up to this point on now...
His loneliness and distress also affect his career as a lawyer and legal representative in India, and creates him political enemies for being associated with Gokhal, and his ideals. This creates Gandhi a catalyst in his personal faith and views toward England...
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