Gandhi’s Non-violent struggle in South Africa and India had already brought him to such a level of notoriety, adulation and controversy that when asked to write an autobiography mid way through his career, he took it as an opportunity to explain himself.Īccepting his status as a great innovator in the struggle against racism, violence and colonialism, Gandhi felt that his ideas needed deeper understanding. This Autobiography is divided in five parts starting from his childhood days, his experience in South Africa where he experimented with the powerful weapon of Satyagraha and his transformation from Mohan to Mahatma, his various experiments on fundamental principles of Truth and God, till the year 1921, after which his life was so public that he felt there was hardly anything to write about. It is a detailed account of Gandhi’s consisting of Gandhi’s self penned essays (105 essays in all) on his experiments and covers all aspects of the Mahatma’s spiritual life. » 'माझे सत्याचे प्रयोग' (Audiobook - Marathi)Īn immortal book and a legacy for ages to come.

80/- being subsidized by the Navajivan Trust, Ahmedabad. The paperback edition of the book costs Rs. I live and move and have my being in pursuit of this goal.' Pining to achieve these thirty years - is self-realization, to see God face toįace, to attain Moksha. The introduction reads, 'What I want to achieve - what I have been striving and That there is hardly anything about it that people do not know.' In the last chapter he writes, 'My life from this point onward has been so public In five parts, beginning with his birth, up until the year 1921. The original was in Gujarati, and was later translated into English and other Indian languages. Most importantly, theĪuthor should have experienced all these. Mahatma Gandhi's Autobiography is one book which guides you as to what is right and wrong.

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