Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography, The Story of My Experiments with Truth,
was originally written in Gujarati and published as Satyana Prayogoathva
Aatmakatha (Experiments with Truth or Autobiography). It was published
in serial form over a number of instalments in Navajivan, a Gujarati
weekly, from 1925 to 1929. The English translation as we see it today
was first published in 1948.
In The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Mohandas Gandhi shares his
ideologies and morals with the general public, and also narrates
incidents that shaped the path that he would take towards the truth.
Childhood incidents, incidents from the Indian struggle from
independence, Gandhi's experiences in South Africa, his return to India
and his full-fledged involvement in the Independence struggle, his
relationship with spirituality and kindness, are all part of this story
that, as Gandhi stresses, is more about his experiments with life
lessons and morals than it is an autobiography.
Considered one of the most important books of all time due to the
influence it wields on people across the world, The Story of My
Experiments with Truth is an insight into the mind and life of a man who
went on to become the Father of the Nation and shaped India into what it
is today.