![]() ![]() Between the pages of this book, the Big G (note: no one calls Gandhi that) reveals what makes him tick. ![]() Luckily for you, O Inquisitive Shmooper, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, first published in two volumes in 19, is Gandhi's autobiography. This dude was out-of-control influential as a leader, political figure, and icon of human rights.īut, how about Gandhi the man? What was he like behind the scenes? Oh, yeah: and his life inspired others famous for their human rights work, including Martin Luther King, Jr. Gandhi was the foremost leader who used nonviolent civil disobedience-that means protest and non-cooperation without hurting anyone-to rally India to independence from Britain in the first half of the 1900s and who conducted plenty of other mass actions fighting for the rights of Indians in his country and in South Africa. Someone you should definitely know about, that's who. We bet you've seen the famous quote misattributed to him: "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." Okay, so who's this Gandhi guy people talk about? You might recognize his image, or maybe you've heard about the biographical film bearing his name that won eight Oscars. The Story of My Experiments with Truth Introduction ![]()
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