Joseph Lelyveld, a former executive editor of The New York Times, has written a biography of Mohandas Gandhi called Great Soul. It doesn't seem like Lelyveld set out to pen a hatchet job--The Wall ...

The great are a pretty mixed lot, especially in politics. Hitler, Stalin and Mao were among the great, each in his own monstrous way. Churchill was, too, for both good and evil, and Roosevelt as well, ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. In Wednesday’s L.A. Times, Jonathan Kirsch reviews ‘Great Soul,’ the ...

“I do not accept the claim of saintliness,” said Mohandas Gandhi in 1920, when he had not yet been given the spiritual title of “mahatma.” “I am prone to as many weaknesses as you are.” These words ...

A four-volume biography of Mahatma Gandhi, with intimate details penned by one who in his childhood played with the great man, has been translated from Gujarati into English and releases today. A four ...

Wednesday marks 150 years since the birth of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Better known as the Mahatma, or great soul, Gandhi was an Indian lawyer who led his country to freedom from British colonial ...

INDIA’S FEDERAL government has backed away from banning Pulitzer Prize winner Joseph Lelyveld’s biography of Mahatma Gandhi after reviews abroad suggested the leader considered father of India’s ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India could bring in legislation to jail anyone who insults Mahatma Gandhi while state governments are moving to ban a biography that reviewers said showed the "Father of the ...

A new book on Indian leader Mohandas Gandhi has sparked a furor in India, prompting at least one Indian state to propose banning it. The book itself hasn't been released in India yet, but politicians ...

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