7/7/2023 0 Comments Experiments with truth bookHe also mentions that the translation has been revised by an English scholar who did not want his name to be published. Desai notes the need to bring out a cheaper English version. 50,000 copies had been sold in Gujarati but since the English edition was expensive it prevented Indians from purchasing it. He also mentions that the original was priced at ₹1 (1.4¢ US) and had a run of five editions by the time of the writing of his preface. In this preface Desai notes that the book was originally published in two volumes, the first in 1927 and second in 1929. This section is written by Mahadev Desai who translated the book from Gujarati to English in 1940. In 1999, the book was designated as one of the "100 Best Spiritual Books of the 20th Century" by a committee of global spiritual and religious authorities. It was initiated at the insistence of Swami Anand and other close co-workers of Gandhi, who encouraged him to explain the background of his public campaigns. Its English translation also appeared in installments in his other journal Young India. It was written in weekly instalments and published in his journal Navjivan from 1925 to 1929. Gandhi, covering his life from early childhood through to 1921. The Story of My Experiments with Truth is the autobiography of Mohandas K.
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