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My experiments with truth

an autobiography

by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

English language

Published 2013 by Jaico Publishing House.

ISBN:: 978-81-7992-819-6
OCLC Number:: 905345107

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My 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 coworkers of Gandhi, in his mothertongue 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..."

My 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 coworkers of Gandhi, in his mothertongue 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..."

Nebuchi reviewed An autobiography by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

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5 stars

I read this in my early youth and it had tremendous influence on me. Back then I was far less a cynic then I am today, but I think that even reading this today I would be inspired. I like Gandhi's very plain, straight-forward approach to politics, and I do wish there were more like him - that is, wo-men of values - in my generation.
If read by an someone with some free time on their hands, I would probably recommend reading this alongside George Orwell's short essay on Gandhi's autobiography. It makes for a good (that is, leftist critical) reading companion.

I read this in my early youth and it had tremendous influence on me. Back then I was far less a cynic then I am today, but I think that even reading this today I would be inspired. I like Gandhi's very plain, straight-forward approach to politics, and I do wish there were more like him - that is, wo-men of values - in my generation.
If read by an someone with some free time on their hands, I would probably recommend reading this alongside George Orwell's short essay on Gandhi's autobiography. It makes for a good (that is, leftist critical) reading companion.

Sankara reviewed An autobiography by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

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5 stars

Simply put it shows Gandhi as a real simple ordinary man with all his flaws intact.

Prashanth reviewed An autobiography by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

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4 stars

This is quite a long drawn out book but an amazing one nonetheless. It gives insight into Gandhi's thinking that led to the so called gandhian characteristics. There are possibly 2 ways of reading this book - either to read this as a documentation of his eccentricities or otherwise to read it as how personal conviction trumps everything else (even everyone's individual quirks).

Hopefully when you finish reading this book you come away taking with you the ideals of perseverance, ahimsa, the spirit of satyagraha and truth instead of focusing on his experiments with dietetics or religiosity.

This is quite a long drawn out book but an amazing one nonetheless. It gives insight into Gandhi's thinking that led to the so called gandhian characteristics. There are possibly 2 ways of reading this book - either to read this as a documentation of his eccentricities or otherwise to read it as how personal conviction trumps everything else (even everyone's individual quirks).

Hopefully when you finish reading this book you come away taking with you the ideals of perseverance, ahimsa, the spirit of satyagraha and truth instead of focusing on his experiments with dietetics or religiosity.

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Subjects

Nationalists
Biography
Statesmen
Politics and government
Nationalistes
Biographies
Hommes d'État
Politique et gouvernement

Places

India
Inde

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