Gandhi is possibly the greatest Indian to have lived since the Buddha. His greatness, however, lies not in his invulnerability—but rather, in his struggle to overcome his many frailties. Gandhi’s story is an alluring, yet rare, tale of the triumph of human will over seemingly insurmountable odds. One is reminded of Albert Einstein’s famous phrase describing Gandhi, ‘Generations to come, it may well be, will scarce believe that such a man as this one ever in flesh and blood walked upon this Earth.’
The Private and the Public Gandhi*
Syed Areesh Ahmad
SCORCHING LOVE: LETTERS FROM MOHANDAS KARAMCHAND GANDHI TO HIS SON DEVADAS by Edited by Gopalkrishna Gandhi and Tridip Suhrud Oxford University Press, 2022, 518 pp., INR 1495
October 2023, volume 47, No 10