And despite the fact that the author and biographer disagree, the agenda-pushing AmeriKan media leaves you with that impression.
"Topic of homosexuality in reviews spurs Indian state to ban book on Gandhi" by Associated Press /
March 31, 2011
MUMBAI — A state in western India banned a Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s new book about Mahatma Gandhi yesterday after reviews said it hints that the father of India’s independence had a homosexual relationship.
Joseph Lelyveld, the author, says his work is being misinterpreted. More bans have been proposed in India, where homosexuality was illegal until 2009 and still carries social stigma.
Gujarat’s state assembly voted unanimously to immediately ban “Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India.’’
The furor was sparked by local media reports, based on early reviews out of the United States and the United Kingdom, some of which emphasized passages suggesting Gandhi had an intimate relationship with Hermann Kallenbach, a close friend from Germany. “Great Soul’’ has not yet been released in India, so few here have read it.
You guys just can not stop shoveling s***, can you?
“The book does not say that Gandhi was bisexual or homosexual,’’ Lelyveld wrote in an e-mail. “It says that he was celibate and deeply attached to Kallenbach. This is not news.’’
And yet it is in my paper.
He noted that his book — which he said is about Gandhi’s struggle for social justice and the evolution of his social values — is available both in the United States and as an e-book download.
Yes, SOMEHOW that ALWAYS GETS LOST when it comes to the agenda-pushing media.
“It should not be hard for anyone to determine what it actually says,’’ Lelyveld wrote. “It’s a pious hope, but I’d say someone might take the trouble to look at it before it’s banned.’’
Sudhir Kakar, a psychoanalyst who has written about Gandhi’s sexuality and reviewed some of his correspondence with Kallenbach, said he does not believe the two men were lovers.
“It is quite a wrong interpretation,’’ he said. Gandhi’s great goals were nonviolence, celibacy, and truth, he said.
Hey, don't be sad, two out of three ain't bad.
Politicians in the state of Maharashtra, home to India’s financial capital Mumbai, have also called for a ban on the book and, along with Gujarat’s chief minister Narendra Modi, have asked the central government to bar publication nationwide.
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Such a hot topic Globe has to weigh in with an insulting editorial:
"Globe Editorial
Gandhi: No need for a pedestal
March 31, 2011
The fuss over a new biography of Mohandas Gandhi only reinforces the extent to which admirers and critics alike have put the Indian independence leader on a pedestal.
The fuss over a new biography of Mohandas Gandhi only reinforces the extent to which admirers and critics alike have put the Indian independence leader on a pedestal.
As opposed to the war criminals the AmeriKan media elevates?
Besides, the GUY DESERVES IT!
In his book “Great Soul,’’ journalist Joseph Lelyveld recounts how Gandhi’s frustration about attitudes toward Indians in South Africa evolved into a broader notion of equality and human dignity everywhere. But the book also explores Gandhi’s inconsistencies and political missteps and — more controversially — makes mention of an ambiguous personal relationship between Gandhi and a German man.
Look, he was human. The bullets proved that.
The book has been greeted with great relish in some circles. In a review published in the Wall Street Journal, conservative historian Andrew Roberts asserts that “Great Soul’’ reveals Gandhi as a “political incompetent and a fanatical faddist.’’ The more salacious reviews (to which Lelyveld has objected, it should be noted) have prompted the Indian state of Maharashtra to consider banning the book.
While Lelyveld’s book complicates the standard picture of Gandhi, it doesn’t undercut Gandhi’s achievements.
Leave it to the war-promoting press to do that.
If anything, it’s more inspiring when highly fallible individuals accomplish great things. As anti-government revolutions play out in Libya, Tunisia, and Egypt, many Americans nervously scan the scene, hoping for Gandhi-like leaders who can rise above the temptations, prejudices, and petty disputes that bedevil every country.
I'm waiting for one in my own country (the closest we have right now is Ron Paul).
It’s reassuring to know that, in his own time, Gandhi himself — despite his accomplishments — might not have satisfied that standard.
Yup, nonviolent. noncooperation was a failure.
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I certainly understand the look of weariness. In my case I'm tired of the Boston Globe.
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Related:
"Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as [Gandhi] ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth"
I have a hard time believing it these days.
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."
That seems to be the way the masters want it.
