A Spiritual Dilemma
- Once again, Mr. G. volunteers himself plus other Indians as an ambulance corps.
- But his friend Mr. Polak questions how volunteering for war fits with Gandhi's ahimsa, or non-violence.
- Gandhi argues participation in war isn't consistent with ahimsa, but people have a duty, that they're always violating ahimsa to some extent (such as by accidentally stepping on bugs), and that the status of his people needs to be elevated in the British empire.
- He says the question is subtle, and many of his friends disagree.