Marcello, Patricia Cronin

Mohandas K. Gandhi : a biography Patricia Cronin Marcello - 1 - Jaico 2012 - xiii, 166 pages ; 25 cm - Jaico great lives series .

Includes bibliographies and index

The narrative also illuminates Indian society and the caste system from the latter half of the 19th century up to World War II, covering British colonial rule, racism in South Africa and India, and Hinduism. We also glimpse the controversial aspects of Gandhi’s choices. How he was largely an absentee husband and father. How, after siring four children, he took a vow of celibacy, yet formed attachments to several young, female Western devotees through the years. And how, ultimately, it was his role as a compromiser who believed in Hindus and Muslims in a free, united India that led to his assassination.

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Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948

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