He talks about God, faith, hope, truth, failure, success and morality. His non-violent views may have appeared iconoclastic and controversial at the time, but they proved very effective. He exhibits remarkable fortitude and patience in his personal and professional life. He was not afraid to confess his mistakes whether it was his concupiscence drawing him to fulfil his carnal desires or, later, his abnegation of the warmth of his wife to become a celibate. He was a student of comparative religion and one can witness the wisdom in his spirituality, he being a devout Hindu who showed immense respect for all religions. You often turn to look at the cover page mulling whether this mild-looking dhoti clad figure who gave up salt for 10 years to wrangle against British rule would be so adventurous, so determined to find the 'truth' about every aspect of life that he carried out his own unbiased research into it and refused to be satisfied with anybody else's notions of right and wrong. He walked 10 miles a day, staunchly followed a vegetarian diet and practiced rigorous fasting. He endeavoured to learn Latin and treated diseases by dietic modifications. The writer is led by a barrage of experiments ranging from elocution classes to purge his shyness and fear of public speaking, to shaking a leg on the dance floor, to taking up singing sessions. He reveals his personal life in a vivid fashion not making any attempt to camouflage the truth about himself, however bitter, from his reading audience. The words are stitched up in a facile tone gingered with grandiloquence.
The book demonstrates his incredible humbleness. He himself acknowledges this right from the first page.
This book will revolutionize your thinking and present Gandhiji as a man.
School textbooks present him as faultless, almost divine. Every school going kid is taught to unthinkingly sing his praises. His autobiography offers the perfect opportunity to gaze into the life of an iconic leader whose humility is married to a charismatic persona.Įvery Indian knows about this great leader. This is a statement that begs to be investigated. It was with profound trepidation that I began typing the review of this intriguing book.
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