Autobiography Books of Famous Personalities in India Nothing can be more appealing for a reader than to relish the life experiences of others. It adds to their delight if the story talks about the personal life of a famous celebrity, that also, in his own voice. Reading an autobiography is fun because you feel as if the person is himself narrating the incidents straight out of his daily life. Such books contain a soul as they recollect personal struggles faced by a person of distinction. Here are a few autobiography books from the leaders who made substantial contributions in shaping the modern India. The Story of My Experiments with Truth by Mahatma Gandhi – Mahatma Gandhi covers his entire journey from his early childhood to 1921. This is the spiritual book of a lifetime as it explores truth through an individual’s perspective. It includes narrations of moral and spiritual experiments. Gandhiji recollected his experiences during childhood. On his way to define his personal philosophy, it shows how Gandhiji relied on the sacred texts as well as from one-to-one interactions with people.
I Too Had a Dream by Verghese Kurien – It opens with the background about Dr. Kurien to reveal how a quaint little town grew to become the Milk Capital of our country. He builds his eventful life story upon the circumstances that send him to Anand. The book unravels how the cooperative model is replicated for the dairy sector and how a community based organisation is able to sustain itself by overcoming social, political, economical and organisational obstacles.