Gandhi, Transformed

After weeks of controversy over his new book, Joseph Lelyveld joked that he may be the victim of mistaken identity.

“I am not the Joseph Lelvyeld who wrote a book about the secret sex life of Gandhi,” he said, referring to reviewers who have said his book, Great Soul, reveals the Mahatma as a bisexual. His lecture about what the book does say sold out the Billy Wilder Auditorium at the Hammer Museum.

In fact, said Lelyveld, the former executive editor of The New York Times and a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, though …

Why Does Gandhi Still Matter?

 

The meaning of Gandhi has been hotly debated ever since his death, but one thing is certain: his pioneering concept of satyagraha, or nonviolence, continues to inspire activists and protesters …