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 ...

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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 ...

Please note that this program takes place off-site at Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet Street, Houston, Texas 77005. Author Ramachandra Guha's Gandhi: The Years That Changed the World, 1914-1948 is ...

“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 ...

The best quotes from the wisest man who ever lived. October 2, 2020, would have been the 151st birthday of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi — the lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and ...

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