Mahatma Gandhi with his wife Kasturba pictured in Abotabad Peshawar in October 1938. In the latest biography of India's most famous son, it's revealed that he would hit his wife in private while ...

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 ...

Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India. By Joseph Lelyveld. Knopf. 425 pp. $28.95. Comments. A note to our readers. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an ...

In his latest book, "Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India" (Alfred A. Knopf, 410 pages, $27.95), Joseph Lelyveld's title and subtitle are, in a sense, at war with one another and ...

March 30, 2011 -- Was Mahatma Gandhi gay? A new book by Pulitzer-Prize winning author Joseph Lelyveld claims the god-like Indian figure not only left his wife for a man, but also harbored racist ...

Wednesday marks 150 years since Mahatma Gandhi's birth. NPR sat down with biographer Ramachandra Guha and discussed the Indian leader's legacy.

Gandhi Biography Causes Furor In India The book itself hasn't been released in India yet, ... Mahatma Gandhi and his Struggle with India, by Joseph Lelyveld.

Was Gandhi Gay? A new biography by Pulitzer Prize winner Joseph Lelyveld is generating outrage because it seems to suggest that India’s revered activist left his wife for another man.

Better known as the Mahatma, or great soul, Gandhi was an Indian lawyer who led his country to freedom from British colonial rule in 1947. He was assassinated months later at age 78.