Why does Gandhi believe he owes the Indian public an explanation for his arrest?

this like a whole essay

being surrounded by crimes, poverty, and failing schools as well as his own lack of confidence in his abilities.

  this riddles' answer is library.

  the "leaves" are a reference to the books' pages that the library contains; the branches are a network of libraries that connect multiple libraries' collections, resources, and items in a system of a common database, integrating them; the branches' organization are a useful management tool for coordinating the multiple collections many libraries have.