Pulitzer award winning writer and journalist, Joseph Lelyveld had come under fire in India for 2011 his book 'Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India.' Here's the writer on the book, the controversy and of course, Salman Rushdie. ...
06:21 PM, Jan 21, 2012
New York: Joseph Lelyveld whose new book on Mahatma Gandhi had created a controversy in India recently has spoken of efforts made by the freedom fighter to keep peace between Hindus and Muslims during the riots leading up to the partition. "It's almost Shakespearean in its nobility the example it set and its ultimate failure," Lelyveld, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, told an audience at the Asia Society in New York. "He...
07:01 PM, Apr 08, 2011
Boston: Joseph Lelyveld's controversial book on Mahatma Gandhi will be available in India later this month and the author is hopeful that the storm over his work will subside. The book will be published in India "within less than three weeks" and will be widely available in the country, he said. The Pulitzer prize-winning author said while he currently has no plans to visit India, he "will be interested" in...
04:21 PM, Apr 06, 2011
Nagpur: Union Law minister Veerappa Moily has ruled out Centre imposing a ban on the controversial book on Mahatma Gandhi by Joseph Lelyveld stating that the American author himself has denied writing anything adverse about the leader. Moily said it was the review of the book by the interpretors which led to sharp reactions all over the country on the alleged comments regarding Gandhi's sexuality. "There is no question of...
11:28 AM, Apr 04, 2011
New Delhi: The latest biography on Mahatma Gandhi, 'Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and his struggle with India' is not even available here yet, but Gujarat and Maharashtra are banning it. The central government is deciding not to, after some consideration. The Pulitzer Prize winning author and former New York Times executive editor Joseph Lelyveld has trashed media reports that have stirred up a controversy, also saying that a ban reflects...
10:13 AM, Apr 01, 2011
The book, 'Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India', by Joseph Lelyveld has found itself in a pool of controversy with state governments of Gujarat and Maharashtra banning it while the author himself is defending his book, saying that he never called the Mahatma a racist and a bi-sexual. ...
10:45 AM, Mar 31, 2011
The word bisexual never appears in the book, said Joseph Lelyveld in an interview. ...
10:07 AM, Mar 31, 2011
Gandhinagar: A controversial book on Mahatma Gandhi was banned in his home state of Gujarat on Wednesday. A resolution to ban the book, 'Great Soul', was moved in the state assembly by Chief Minister Narendra Modi and passed unanimously. The book, 'Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India', by Pulitzer winning writer Joseph Lelyveld created a controversy after reviewers said it suggested that the icon of non-violence was...
03:39 PM, Mar 30, 2011
New Delhi: Mahatma Gandhi, honoured as the father of the nation, may have been involved in a relationship with a German-Jewish architect and amateur bodybuilder Hermann Kallenbach, back in 1907. A new biography of Gandhi, called Great Soul - Mahatma Gandhi and his struggle with India, by a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, and former Executive Editor of the New York Times Joseph Lelyveld, that also discusses Gandhi's alleged racial attitude...
08:20 PM, Mar 29, 2011
Mumbai: Maharashtra government will initiate steps to ban sale of a controversial book on Mahatma Gandhi by Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Joseph Lelyveld. "Gandhiji was a respected leader and is known as the father of nation. He led the freedom movement of India. The government will initiate steps to ensure that the book is not published in the state," Industries Minister Narayan Rane told the Legislative Council today. The minister also...
04:53 PM, Mar 29, 2011
Book also claims that Gandhi had an affair with German-Jewish architect & bodybuilder Hermann Kallenbach. ...
09:27 AM, Mar 29, 2011
New Delhi: The author of a new book on the life of Mahatma Gandhi angrily dismissed claims that he alleged Gandhi left his wife for a gay lover or was a racist despite upholding the cause of the downtrodden all his life. 'Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi And His Struggle With India' is written by a former New York Times executive editor Joseph Lelyveld, who makes shocking claims about Gandhi and...
04:27 PM, Mar 28, 2011
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