Ankur's review
An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth
by Mahatma Gandhi
Ankur's review
An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth by Mahatma Gandhi
Ankur's review
rating:
recommended for: Yes
I think it's important for every Indian to read about Gandhi and his autobiography gives a lot of insight into his thinking and his life. The first few chapters are particularly interesting because we learn so much about his personal life.
After that, the book tends to lose the reader and is harder to digest. More or less a diary type account of all the events that took place in the Mahatma's life, as opposed to a critical analysis of situations. On many occassions Gandhi simply states that he was not persuaded by argument (for example, not being persuaded that it was healthy to eat meat), but gives absolutely no reason why. I particularly enjoy learning about how a person thinks, as opposed to just what he/she thinks... so this book was not terribly interesting for me.
That said, most autobiographies are not well written. Both Benjamin Franklin and Nehru wrote autobiographies that were more or less diaries of events in their lives. All three of these have analysis and the ...more
After that, the book tends to lose the reader and is harder to digest. More or less a diary type account of all the events that took place in the Mahatma's life, as opposed to a critical analysis of situations. On many occassions Gandhi simply states that he was not persuaded by argument (for example, not being persuaded that it was healthy to eat meat), but gives absolutely no reason why. I particularly enjoy learning about how a person thinks, as opposed to just what he/she thinks... so this book was not terribly interesting for me.
That said, most autobiographies are not well written. Both Benjamin Franklin and Nehru wrote autobiographies that were more or less diaries of events in their lives. All three of these have analysis and the ...more
