TY - BOOK AU - Marcello, Patricia Cronin TI - Mohandas K. Gandhi : a biography T2 - Jaico great lives series SN - 9788184953596 U1 - 923.254 PY - 2012/// PB - Jaico KW - Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 N1 - Bib and Ref N2 - 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 ER -