Did you know that Gandhiji, the father of our nation who gave swaraj as a weapon of Satyagraha, was very timid as a child? His legs trembled when he spoke on stage. How did such a Gandhiji become a leader of independence? You have to read this book to know!

One of the books that should be read at least once in life is Mahatma Gandhi's work "My Experiments with Truth". It describes the experiences he faced in his life from childhood to 1921. No matter how many hardships he faced in his life, he never gave up his belief in truth and non-violence. That's why "A man like Gandhi future generations who lived on this earth with flesh and blood You may not believe it," said Einstein.


My experiments with truth

after reading this book will understand the difficulty of a common man rising to the level of a national leader with his principles and perseverance. This book was written in Gujarati language for Navajeevan magazine. Later Bali Govinda Desai translated into English. A. Ramu translated it in Telugu as 'Satya Shodhana'. It consists of five parts.


If you say the wrong done, it will be lost

In the first part, Gandhi talks about his birth house and family members. Once, when the education department officer came to inspect the jails school, the teachers in the school were asked to copy, but Gandhi did not see it. So he started practicing honesty. Shravan's patriotism play that he read in his childhood left an indelible mark on his mind. Like Harishchandra in the play he saw as a child, he followed the rule of always telling the truth till the end of his life. At the age of 13, he stole money for cigarettes. In order to pay off the debt of 20 rupees, they sold Tulam gold from Anna's gold waste without telling them at home. After knowing what he did wrong, he was very sad. Immediately to my father Written on the slip. He read it and forgave without getting angry. It is said that this was the first lesson of non-violence in his life. Gandhi. When Barister went to England to study, he made an oath to his mother "not to touch meat and alcohol. He kept that promise. Gandhi used to write two Gita Shlokas daily and stick them on the wall. He used to read them whenever he could. Thus he memorized 13 chapters.


Fighting spirit

Gandhi went to South Africa on a case work. There white people were not allowed to travel in the first class of the train. They pushed him down from the train. So they mobilized to fight for the Indians there. Gandhi.. achieved the status of advocate in the Supreme Court of South Africa. Later, he established the Natal Indian Congress and freed the Indians there from caste discrimination. 


If hit on the right cheek...

Gandhi's heart melted to see the miserable lives of Indians in South Africa. Patients used to work in hospitals for two hours every day to clean the wounds and the toilets there. He liked the method of 'passive resistance' followed by the English. A competition was announced in the Indian Opinion magazine for a Hindi equivalent of the policy. Madanlal Gandhi, the winner of that competition, coined the word Sadagrah, and Gandhi changed the word to Satyagraha. While in South Africa, Tolstoy taught the children education and discipline at the ashram. It is in that order that he is restrained He said he got used to it. "If someone slaps you on the right cheek, don't show them your left cheek" is Gandhi's doctrine. Gandhi understood this from the 'Sermon of the Mount' in the 'New Testament'. 


Dharmagraha

After achieving success in South Africa, Gandhi returned to our country. On May 15, 1915, the Satyagraha Ashram was established in Ahmedabad in preparation for the freedom struggle. Champaran, Ahmedabad and Kheda satyagrahas were undertaken to stop the loss caused by the British to the farmers. With this, all the Indian people walked in the footsteps of Gandhi. It's all in this book Gandhi wrote.

"Before service, all desires like pleasures and wealth are despicable," said Gandhi. Good thinking, good conduct, sevadharma are the paths that every man must follow. Every student must read this book which describes the good and bad of Gandhi's life.