The Story of My Experiments with Truth

Mahatma Gandhi wrote his autobiography in weekly installments for his Gujarati journal during the 1920s, and it reads less like a great man’s memoir than a frank account of a person trying to live honestly. Beginning with his childhood in Porbandar, his early marriage, and his anxious student years in London, he traces his growth through law practice in South Africa, where he first shaped satyagraha, his method of nonviolent resistance. Along the way he writes openly about his failures, his vegetarian convictions, his experiments with diet and self-restraint, and his lifelong pursuit of truth as a spiritual discipline. Translated from the Gujarati by Mahadev Desai, it remains one of the most influential self-portraits of the twentieth century. Free PDF and EPUB editions are available here.