This biography tracing the early years of Mohandas Gandhi 鈥 his beginnings as a merchant caste child in Gujarat, his legal education in Britain, his immigration to South Africa, and his eventual transformation to activism 鈥 helps readers to piece together a fuller and more nuanced portrait of the man. At the same time, Guha offers a searching account of the setbacks and insights that helped to shape the great Indian leader. You can see the Monitor's full review of "Gandhi Before India" here.