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Mahatma Gandhi

How non-violent was Gandhi?

Shaan Kashyap

Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee’s new book on the final phase of Gandhi’s life can be read in many ways. While it inspires, it also calls for greater pragmatism in the writing of history

Turning ‘Bapu’ into a ‘Mahatma’ has done him tremendous harm, says great-grandson

Hindu fundamentalists trying to dismantle Gandhi’s legacy are being aided by radical Dalits and Ambedkarites: Tushar Gandhi

Prophet of Peace

Why Palestinians can use Gandhi more effectively than Israelis

A Churchill-Jinnah Pact?

The archives hold evidence of longstanding clandestine collaboration between the two with the aim of dividing India

Manu Gandhi on the Mahatma’s Final Hours

Nathuram Godse fired two bullets into Gandhi’s stomach and one into the chest. Bapu said ‘Rama, Rama’; and then life left him

The Open Skies of History

What Walter Benjamin helps us understand about India’s ravaged past

Rereading Gandhi and Savarkar

The Indian War of Independence 1857 and Hind Swaraj continue to provoke us

The Awakening

Few societies take more joy in freedom than contemporary India, but we did not get here by accident

Gandhi vs Savarkar

Indians can learn the art of living from their lonely deaths

Why Hindutva Needs Gandhi

A useful guide for Hindu-Muslim reconciliation

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