<Tr> <Th> ISBN </Th> <Td> 81 - 7229 - 008 - X (India) ISBN 0 - 8070 - 5909 - 9 (United States--authorised edition with forward by Sissela Bok, Beacon Press 1993 reprint) ISBN 0 - 486 - 24593 - 4 (Dover Publications 1983 reprint of 1948 Public Affairs Press edition) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Translation </Th> <Td> The Story of My Experiments with Truth at Wikisource </Td> </Tr> <P> The Story of My Experiments with Truth is the autobiography of Mohandas K. Gandhi, covering his life from early childhood through to 1921 . It was written in weekly instalments and published in his journal Navjivan from 1925 to 1929 . Its English translation also appeared in installments in his other journal Young India . 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 . 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 . </P> <P> This section is written by Mahadev Desai who translated the book from Gujarati to English in 1940 . In this preface Desai notes that the book was originally published in two volumes, the first in 1927 and second in 1929 . He also mentions that the original was priced at ₹ 1 (1.5 ¢ US) and had a run of five editions by the time of the writing of his preface . 50,000 copies had been sold in Gujarati but since the English edition was expensive it prevented Indians from purchasing it . Desai notes the need to bring out a cheaper English version . He also mentions that the translation has been revised by an English scholar who did not want his name to be published . Chapters XXIX - XLIII of Part V were translated by Desai's friend and colleague Pyarelal . </P>

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