Harilal was now twenty-two, and had a daughter of his own. His wife Chanchi and their child were due to visit India, and Harilal wanted to accompany them, but Gandhi refused to give permission, saying, ‘We are poor and cannot spend money like that. Moreover, a man who has joined the struggle cannot go away like that for three months.’ Someone else would escort Chanchi home instead.1 Harilal stayed behind and courted arrest, but his resentment would not go away. In March 1911 he accused Gandhi of shifting Kasturba to Tolstoy Farm against her will. His mother, he claimed, wished to stay on at Phoenix. With the provisional settlement in place, Harilal wanted to return to India and take the matriculation examination. He keenly felt his lack of proficiency in mathematics and literature; besides, he wished to join his wife, who had just given birth to a baby boy.2 Harilal was at Phoenix, so Gandhi asked his nephew Maganlal to take the boy in hand. ‘The more defects you discover in Harilal, the more love you should have for him.
