I am an ardent fan of Gandhi. He proved the power of two great universal principles "Truth" & "Non-Violence". Though I heard a lot about Gandhi from my childhood, I hardly know about his personal life. So, I bought his autobiography "The Story of My Experiments with Truth".
He is neither genious nor rich. He is just an ordinary guy like anybody. In his book, with out any shy, he reveals(confesses to) all his mistakes and warns us not to take untruthful path either by ignorance or for the sake of comforts. But his commitment to his principles and faith in God made him a legend.
Some of my friends don't like Gandhi for different reasons. But I always used to argue against them but I never used to have solid knowledge about Gandhi's life to disprove them. But after reading this book, I am happy that I am right. He did many mistakes just like any other nomal humans, but confessed his sins and refomed himself into a great man (leader). I have many friends who also criticized Gandhi for making millions of people to follow him. For their kind information, Gandhi never insisted to follow him, but to follow one's own inner voice. He knows that our inner voice supports only truth and non-violence.
Some of his views -
Truth - "Rather to say God is Truth", I say, "Truth is God"
Non-violence & Vegetarianism - "Man has got power over all the animals not to feed on them but to protect them."
