Gandhi An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth
The Story of My Experiments with Truth (Gujarati: Satya Na Prayogo athva Atmakatha, lit. 'Experiments of Truth or Autobiography') is Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography, which spans his life from infancy through 1921. From 1925 to 1929, it was written in weekly parts and published in his newspaper Navjivan. It was also published in parts in his other publication, Young India, in English. It was started at the request of Swami Anand and other close Gandhi associates, who pushed him to explain the context of his public efforts. A council of global spiritual and religious leaders named the book one of the "100 Best Spiritual Books of the 20th Century" in 1998..
Gandhi has recounted his childhood, child marriage, relationship with his wife and parents, school experiences, his study tour to London, efforts to be like the English gentleman, dietetics experiments, his trip to South Africa, his experiences of colour prejudice, his quest for dharma, social work in Africa, return to India, and his slow and steady work for political awakening and social activities, starting with his birth and parentage. After a description of the Congress's Nagpur session in 1915, the book abruptly stops.
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