The Janata Dal (Secular) supremo said he wants to record his life's bitter experiences for the next generation to read.
At present, the 79-year-old is spending an hour each day, dictating a draft of his experiences since childhood. State party spokesman Y S V Datta and two others are writing the biography, he told reporters here.
He regretted that a section of the political class had questioned his secular credentials after his son H D Kumaraswamy joined hands with the BJP to form a coalition government in Karnataka in 2006. It was projected as if Deve Gowda hatched a conspiracy to install his son as Chief Minister, he said.
Deve Gowda said he would throw light on the circumstances surrounding Kumaraswamy