Mohandas Gandhi's latest biographer, Ramachandra Guha, often recounts what South Africans of Indian origin have told him: You gave us a barrister named Mr. Gandhi; we gave you a Mahatma (a Sanskrit ...

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 ...

There are politicians and the usual rent-a-mob in India who want Katherine Frank’s Indira: The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi (HarperCollins; 567 pages) banned. It doesn’t matter that most haven’t read ...

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 ...

Pulitzer Prize winner Joseph Lelyveld's new book about Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), "Great Soul," explores Gandhi's struggle for leadership within India. It requires more than a passing understanding ...

Bangalore: "Indira Gandhi: Revolution in Restraint" by Uma Vasudev chronicles Gandhi's life as a politician in context of her grandfather Motilal Nehru's fortunes and the early beginnings 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 ...