Books about gandhi biography scandals

One of the most controversial books penned by Pulitzer Prize winner and former New York Times editor Joseph Lelyveld.

Books about gandhi biography scandals

Bapu’s supporters call it blasphemy as the book cites Gandhi’s racist remarks against black South Africans. But the most damaging thing is a bunch of letters from Gandhi to Hermann Kallenbach, a bodybuilder and German-Jewish architect, which ‘allegedly’ shows that the two could have been in an intimate relationship.

Others, however, feel they are merely homoerotic. In simple terms, was Gandhi gay? The supposition raised a furore in India – so much so that the Indian government had reportedly struck a $1.1 million deal with Sotheby’s to purchase the documents including the letters, which are said to have been written by Gandhi himself and would shed light on the nature of Kallenbach-Gandhi relationship.

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