Title: An autobiography
Subtitle: the story of my experiments with truth
First published: September 6, 2001
Description: Gandhi's non-violent struggles against racism, violence, and colonialism in South Africa and India had brought him to such a level of notoriety, adulation that when asked to write an autobiography midway through his career, he took it as an opportunity to explain himself. He feared the enthusiasm for his ideas tended to exceed a deeper understanding of his quest for truth rooted in devotion to God. His attempts to get closer to this divine power led him to seek purity through simple living, dietary practices, celibacy, and a life without violence. This is not a straightforward narrative biography, in The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Gandhi offers his life story as a reference for those who would follow in his footsteps.
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography, Nonfiction, Biography, Statesmen, Biographies, Pacifistes, Nationalistes, Hommes politiques, Estadistas, Gandhi, mahatma, 1869-1948, Biografía, Hommes d'État, Race relations, East Indians, Statesmen, biography, India, biography, Autobiography, Authorship, HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia, Satyanā prayogo, athavā, ātmakathā (Gandhi, Mahatma), New Age, Religion & Spirituality, Asia, history, Interviews, Criticism and interpretation, Nobility, Constitutional history, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Passive resistance, History, Nationalists, Truth, God (Hinduism), Quotations, Juvenile literature, Pictorial works, POLITICS & GOVERNMENT, India - History, Inspirational, Philosophy, Motivational & Inspirational, Philosophy / Eastern, Asia - India & South Asia, India--History--Independence and partition, 1947-, India, politics and government, 1765-1947, Nationalism, india, Hinduism, Gandhi, mahatma, 1869-1948, juvenile literature, Nationalism, Politics and government, Statesmen -- India -- Biography, Nonviolence, India, juvenile literature, India, history, Statesmen, india, Politique et gouvernement, Políticos, Politicians, Política, Nacionalistas
Places: India, Inde, South Africa
People: Gandhi Mahatma (1869-1948), M. K. Gandhi (1869-1948)
Time periods: 1919-1947
LC classification: DS481.G3 A3 1950, DS481.G3 A36, DS481 G3 A35