Examining Gandhi's Disavowals and Re-thinking the “Experiment” in The Story of My Experiments with Truth

Gandhi’s political achievements have been well documented and earned him his rightful place in history among the tallest leaders of the twentieth century. However, his literary experiments have not received the same attention as his “experiments” in the political field. This chapter sets out to examine some of Gandhi’s literary experiments with form and authority that places him in the line of thinkers like Plato, Kierkegaard and Coetzee, who engage with autobiography and the problem of communication in writing.