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Interview/Joseph Lelyveld, author of the controversial book on Mahatma Gandhi


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akela manav
I never wrote that Gandhi was bisexual'
by akela manav on Apr 17, 2011 06:58 PM  | Hide replies

Ok Man.. we not making fuss whether u mentioned or did not mention it
I just keep pondering why he used to preach and practice celibacy so hard???


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Yogesh
Re: I never wrote that Gandhi was bisexual'
by Yogesh on Jan 07, 2012 05:31 PM
To comment on Gandhiji Bapu one has to become like him. Only Gandhi Bapu can comment on himself. I think he should spend some time at his ashram (Sabarmati).

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Jena Bharati
Lelyveld is getting into a sensational writing - it is of no
by Jena Bharati on Apr 17, 2011 02:40 AM

value to most indians.

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Gandhi
Divert attention
by Gandhi on Apr 15, 2011 07:42 AM

These topics gets thrown only to divert the attention from the main scene. The government is mid of curruption muddle. It is thowing these topics through media only to get relief from the real issues. What difference it makes today if Gandhi was bi-sexual, multi-sexual, or straight?
But ripping the cover off the face of the government in all the curruption cases does. The every day commodities are souring up all the time. Poor people are not getting proper two square meal. What this topic got to do with in todays life? Shame!

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VajpayeeKaulsex
Rediff probem in posting post ..only sonia abusing allowed here
by VajpayeeKaulsex on Apr 13, 2011 01:26 PM

Why atal Behari Vajpayee adopted only Kaul's daughters1Will DNA test be ever done!Like ND Tiwari!And why when Hollywood stars adopyt fifty or more underporivelggeed childern to provide better security to these chilern why atak Vajpayee only adopted Kaul's two daughter!Unfortunatelyt KaUL HAS NO SON!Even sushma is better person as she adopted two prphna girls ....she is greater than Atal Vajpayee who lived with Kauls and adopted the products produced there!What is the actual differnece between ND Tiwari and Atal Behari Vajpyee....there should DNA test conducted on Atal and his adiopted daughters as there isa moral question involved too......

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D goel
Joseph Lelywelved -Great Soul is an act of Western Deconstruction
by D goel on Apr 09, 2011 03:24 PM

D. Goel pkl. after noon, 3.20pm, Saturday, April9,2011.
I do not think it is very important if The Great Soul is read as western Deconstructuon of the fabled Saint.We alreasdy havevolumes written by several indians aspecially Sri Nirmal Kumar Basu who was with Gandhi during his Noakhali march in August September 1946 and had mentionedthat he used to share bed with her Grand-daughter Manu and Eva as well as her medical adviser MS Dr Sushila Nayyar sisternr of hias secretary Pyrelal.One of his attendants actually denounced him right in Noakhali ParasRam, whom Gandhi wished to get his views circulated so that hiscountrymen should hear hisViews on Sexless association with her Female friends.Of course later on persuasion from his disciple Badshah Khan he stopped sharing bed with his Lady colleagues.
this new charge of his being partnered with Kallenbacg who was staying with Gandhi at Phoenixis not widely understood , butfew who are Gandhian Scholars must have read these letters ,as well.
To my mind what is truly damaging to the Great humanist ishistotal blindness to thecause ofKaffirs and Zulus who stayed with him near his place , and it is proved by his unguarded reactions, he thought, were almost barbaric ,who deserved no compassion. This snobbery of purity centric hinduism is very surprising...D. Goel

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Mumbai Indian
Irrelevant now, but shocking!!
by Mumbai Indian on Apr 09, 2011 03:10 PM  | Hide replies

Any photo of Gandhi in his later years always has atleast two women in it. So he being gay is bit of a surprise.

But shocking thing is sleeping naked near grand children. Was he mentally sick??

And why oppose such books? As long as the printed is based on fact and has supporting references, why should facts be banned?

But to me this clearly reinstates my belief that Gandhi was an accidental Mahatma, more made by Nehru and Brits to suit their purpose than actual heroism. Gandhi was enjoying his normal life until the time he got thrown out of a train. And like any other ordinary citizen, returned to motherland after being humiliated in foreign land.

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dist fsc
Re: Irrelevant now, but shocking!!
by dist fsc on Apr 09, 2011 03:49 PM
you said Gandhiji was a normalman, after he was thrown he changed. The determenation he had in his mind is what made him mahatma not his friendship with Nehru.

Almost all will never try to fight as he did against the RULERS.

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santosh joshi
sex is not a crime
by santosh joshi on Apr 09, 2011 03:05 PM

Sex is not a crime.
It is normal.
What we should follow today is the Mahatmas
values,his purity of soul,his courage.
The Mahatma himself never hid anything.his life was an open book.

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