Kirjahaku

A thought for the Day. A thought for the Day.

The Story of my Experiments with Truth narrates the life of a great man, with an even greater soul, in his own words. From his childhood onwards, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi has always strived to attain the Absolute Truth. For him, God was Truth. This is not so much an autobiography as a series of reflections on his spiritual experiments in his quest to be one with God. From his schooldays to his marriage, his failings to his atonements, his journeys abroad, experiences in Africa to his participation in the Independence movement in India - Gandhi records all these events, and reflects on how they created an impact on his life. He also deals with celibacy, fasting, vegetarianism and other personal aspects of his life, apart from his struggle against colonialism and racism. An extremely personal and riveting autobiography, this book reveals the man who went on to become the Mahatma.

The entire persona of Mahatma Gandhi resonates with his ideologies and principles that he always believed and practiced in life. Whatever he preached to his countrymen was strongly backed by his actions in a way that he led the life that he wanted the people of his country to lead. It was with his very powerful weapons of truth and non-violence that he was able to uproot the very foundation of domination. In this book one gets a chance to see his vision of how he saw the independent India to be. He always believed in a united, compassionate and a harmonious country and coming together of every sector, be it, social, religious, economic or caste, if the country wanted to make a strong progress.