Gandhi The Man, His People, and the Empire

Reviews

“Gandhi has skillfully narrated events in the life of his grandfather, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi . . . [who] continues to fill the reader with awe throughout this excellent book. Although many commendable studies of Gandhi have been written, this one is a comprehensive and therefore invaluable resource both for scholars and for those embarking on a beginning study of the man.”—Uma Doraiswamy, Western Kentucky Univ. Lib., Bowling Green Library Journal

“Rajmohan Gandhi, has made it possible to know the Mahatma in real depth, in a monumental biography that looks likely to stand as definitive for the foreseeable future. . . . The younger Gandhi has studied the elder's life in about as great detail as one can imagine, and with his family tie to his subject has had access to previously unavailable private documents and photographs. Because Mahatma Gandhi was a prolific writer and, in keeping with his religious/philosophical position, practiced relentless self-examination his whole life, the result is a biography as intimate as it is epic.”—Michael Buettner Charleston Post & Courier

“I was not prepared to be as educated, entertained, and inspired as I was by this mighty work of his grandson Rajmohan Gandhi. Rajmohan Gandhi combines scholarly competency with unique access to many records of his famous and well-documented grandfather. More importantly—for it can be disastrously hard to understand Gandhi, no matter how well informed one is—he combines objectivity with devotion, managing to present the human side of the Mahatma along with his incredible greatness and accomplishments in a way that enlarges our imagination of what it means to be a human being.”—Michael N. Nagler Tikkun