What are some bitter truths about Mahatma Gandhi?

NOTE: This letter is an excerpt from a collection of Gandhi's letters which have been compiled into a book titled “Mahatma Gandhi's Letters on Brahmacharya, Sexuality and Love” by Girja Kumar (Vitasta Publishing, 2011). read more

Gandhi had young women in his ashram, some of them still teenagers, one of them his own grand-niece [Manu Gandhi], sleep naked with him in his bed at night. This was an aspect of Gandhi that I had not read about before, and it surprised me at first. read more

Despite sharing a last name, Mohandas Gandhi and Indira Gandhi (1917-84), India’s prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and 1980 to 1984, weren’t kin. Indira Gandhi was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964), the first prime minister of independent India , from 1947 until his death. read more

These bitter or naked truths are hard to be digested by the world. These are according to the scriptural injunctions and the practice of ancient sages, saints, Mahatmas and seers of India. 1. I heard that Ahimsa (non-violence) and truth were not his own. read more

Historian Yohuru Williams gives a brief recap of the life of Mahatma Gandhi. Print Cite Article Details: 6 Things You Might Not Know About Gandhi. Author. read more