In this revealing, original portrait of the man known as the “Father of India,” Joseph Lelyveld charts the development of Gandhi’s social vision, tying his early experiences as a lawyer in South ...

Joseph Lelyveld, a former executive editor of The New York Times, has written a biography of Mohandas Gandhi called Great Soul. It doesn't seem like Lelyveld set out to pen a hatchet job--The Wall ...

The great are a pretty mixed lot, especially in politics. Hitler, Stalin and Mao were among the great, each in his own monstrous way. Churchill was, too, for both good and evil, and Roosevelt as well, ...

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 ...

In banning Joseph Lelyveld's new biography of Mohandas Gandhi, the Indian leader's native state of Gujarat has ensured a result — as so often happens in censorship cases — that it surely didn't intend ...

“I do not accept the claim of saintliness,” said Mohandas Gandhi in 1920, when he had not yet been given the spiritual title of “mahatma.” “I am prone to as many weaknesses as you are.” These words ...

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Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi left his wife for a German-Jewish architect and weight lifter, a new biography says. The new book, “Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India,” by former New ...

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 ...

A new book on Indian leader Mohandas Gandhi has sparked a furor in India, prompting at least one Indian state to propose banning it. The book itself hasn't been released in India yet, but politicians ...

Accused serial bomber Eric Rudolph, charged with killing two and injuring scores, had the most unlikely of reading material: a biography of Mahatma Gandhi, the great advocate of nonviolence. “I know ...