Autobiography or the story of my experiments with truth by Mahadev Desai

By:

M K Gandhi

Contributor(s):

GANDHI (M K)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Ahmedabad Navajivan publishing house 1976Description: 404p. PB 18x11cmISBN:

0140066268

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

23 324.2092 GANA

Summary: 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 READ MORE

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Book	St Aloysius Library	Political Science	324.2092 GANA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		033988
Donated Books	St Aloysius Library	Political Science	324.2092 GANA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Donated by V. T. Rajshekar	D05426
George Fernandes Collections	St Aloysius Library	Political Science	324.2092 GANA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		GF03849

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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
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