My Experiments With Truth: An AutobiographyMy Experiments With Truth the autobiography of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (or Mahatma Gandhi) covers his life from early childhood through to 1920, and is a popular and influential book. It was initiated at the insistence of Swami Anand and other close co-workers of Gandhi, in his mother-tongue Gujarati entitled Satyana Prayogo athva Atmakatha.Mahatma Gandhi (1869 1948) was a charismatic leader who brought the case for India s independence to world attention. His philosophy of nonviolence, for which he coined the term satyagraha, has influenced nonviolent resistance movements to this day. For Gandhi, Truth was the sovereign principle; inclusive of many other spiritual principles and schools of thought.In this autobiography, Gandhi has recounted the period from his birth (1869) up to the year 1921. In the last chapter, he notes, My life from this point onward has been so public that there is hardly anything about it that people do not know... |
Contents
In London At Last | |
My Choice | |
Playing The English Gentleman | |
Changes | |
Experiments In Dietetics | |
Shyness My Shield | |
The Canker Of Untruth | |
Acquaintance With Religions | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abdulla Sheth acquaintance Ahimsa Ahmedabad Ashram asked Babu barrister became began Bombay boys brahmacharya brother Calcutta Champaran chapter Christian civil disobedience client co-workers Congress course Court Dada Dada Abdulla decided diet difficulty Durban duty England English experience faith fast father feel felt friends Gandhi gave give Gokhale Government Gujarati heart Hindu Hinduism indentured Indian Opinion invited Johannesburg Kallenbach Kathiawad Khadi Kheda Khilafat knew labourers letter live matter meat meeting Mehta milk mind Mohanlal Pandya Musalmans Natal necessary never occasion othen/vise Parsi passengers phoenix Porbandar prepared Pretoria Punjab question Rajkot realized recollect regard religion religious replied resolution Satyagraha sent Sergt Sir Pherozeshah South Africa speech stay talk teacher things third class thought told took train Transvaal truth Urdu vakils vegetarian volunteers whilst wife