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' Experiments of Truth or Autobiography ') is the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, covering his life from early childhood through to 1921. It was written in weekly installments and published in his journal Navjivan from 1925 to 1929. Its English translation also appeared in installments in his other journal Young India. [1]
This Indian writer had mastery in both English and Tamil. He wrote 14 books in Tamil and five in English. He is known for his voluminous creations, chaste language and poetic skills. He followed the principles of Mahatma Gandhi to the word and practised truthfulness. Even though he has written many books, his magnum opus is considered to be ...
He published one of the first Tamil interpretations of the thought of Mahatma Gandhi, which is still regarded as an important milestone in Gandhian studies. He wrote a number of works on the religious and spiritual thought of Ramalinga Swamigal, an influential Tamil Saivite philosopher-saint of the 19th century. He wrote commentaries on a ...
A. K. Chettiar (3 November 1911 – 10 September 1983) was an Indian travelogue writer, journalist and documentary film maker from Tamil Nadu, India. He is most notable for pioneering travelogue writing in Tamil and for his documentary on Mahatma Gandhi. [1]
In Europe, Romain Rolland was the first to discuss Gandhi in his 1924 book Mahatma Gandhi, and Brazilian anarchist and feminist Maria Lacerda de Moura wrote about Gandhi in her work on pacifism. In 1931, physicist Albert Einstein exchanged letters with Gandhi and called him "a role model for the generations to come" in a letter writing about ...
He currently serves in the advisory board of the Tamil iyal virudhu, an annual award given by Tamil Literary Garden, a Canada-based organisation. [10] He is regularly involved in 'The Hindu Literary Festival' (The Hindu Lit for Life) annual events as a speaker, interviewer, resource person etc. [11] He also reviews books in The Hindu.
Of them more than 100 books are connected with Gandhi. [1] Raghuvaṃśa written by Makakavi Kalidoss in 1935, the first detective novel, the journal named 'Amirtham' published by Kirupanandha Variyar from 1937 to 1952 are found in this library. Books on Sangam literature and modern Tamil literature are also found in the collection. [3]
Among his scoops was to get the translated text of C. Rajagopalachari’s celebrated rendition of the Ramayana, originally written in Tamil. This was later published as a book by the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. Swaminathan also serialized in the Sunday Standard the talks on the Gita of Gandhi’s long-time disciple, Vinoba Bhave. These lectures, as ...