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The Story Of My Experiments With Truth is a book that gives the reader an insight into the life of Mahatma Gandhi, from his childhood days to his death. Summary Of The Book In his autobiography, the author speaks about his belief ‘Satyagraha’, which can be translated as non-violence, and how he used it against the British to see the nation of India free. He also recounts numerous other encounters in the 20th century, for which he adopted Satyagraha. It contains a large number of essays written by the author himself, 150 in all. The book contains five sections, each of them providing a significant amount of information about the life of the author. He gives the readers a detailed documentary of his childhood, followed by his stay at South Africa, along with his findings on the topics of God and Truth. Sissela Bok, who is a renowned educator on the subject of peace, wrote the foreword of this book. She highly recommends that the readers begin to follow Gandhi’s philosophies to experience change in their lives as well as the lives of those around them. This book is one of the bestsellers of the author and has been translated into numerous languages, selling millions of copies all around the world. About M. K. Gandhi The author of this book, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, was the prominent figure in the freedom struggle in India from the British rule. He is also known as the “The Father Of The Nation”, in the nation of India. The author has written a number of books and some of them include Character & Nation Building, India Of My Dreams, and All Men Are Brothers (Complete Book Online). The author was born on the 2nd of October, 1869, in Porbandar, Gujarat. In the year 1942, he played a key role in launching the Quit India movement, which was intended at forcing the British to leave the nation. As a result of launching this movement, he was thrown in prison and remained there for several years, due to other political offenses allegedly committed by him. At all times, he practised satyagraha, which is the teaching of non-violence. As the British rule ended, he was saddened by India’s partition, and tried his best to bring peace among the Sikhs and Muslims. On the 30th of January, 1948, Mahatma Gandhi was shot dead by a Hindu nationalist, for allegedly being highly concerned about the nation’s Muslim population.