I am speaking from what I read in Mumbai Mirror. According to the author of the book, he has "discovered facts" about Gandhiji's sexual life from letters written by Gandhi to Kallenbach. In such a case, instead of even discussing Gandhiji's sexuality, would it not be a lot more pertinent to admire and even revere the honesty with which he preserved those letters so that his life could openly be studied? Never mind what his sexuality was, he was truthful, honest, open and courageous about any and everything! Otherwise, today we would not have known about this and been able to criticise/praise etc.
--- On Tue, 29/3/11, akshay khanna <xae...@gmail.com> wrote: From: akshay khanna <xae...@gmail.com> Subject: g_b on Gandhi, his loving relationship with a german body builder, and the difficulty of assimilating the (homo)sexual into the image of the mahatma To: lgbt-in...@yahoogroups.com, gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, 29 March, 2011, 6:26 PM dear all, below is one of several reviews of Joseph Lelyveld's book, 'Great Soul', on which a ban is reportedly being planned in Maharashtra. (http://www.hindustantimes.com/Ban-looms-over-new-Mahatma-book-author-cries-foul/Article1-678973.aspx) . as though 'bisexual' were an insult. :) have not had a chance to read the book itself, but responses to the possibility that the father of the nation might have had a strong, erotic/sexual attachment to a man are interesting. xx akshay http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703529004576160371482469358.html?mod=WSJ_article_related
