The Story of My Experiments with Truth Part 5, Chapter 5 Summary

Woes of Third Class Passengers

  • Gandhi details more of the troubles third-class train passengers face. The railway officials are high-handed, but the passengers themselves are rude, dirty, and selfish.
  • Gandhi says their misdeeds may be traced to the indifference educated people show them.
  • Gandhi takes up another's offer to help his wife use a second-class bathroom, despite their being in third class.
  • He says this error wasn't fitting for a votary of truth such as himself. Even Gandhi makes mistakes.