In this revealing, original portrait of the man known as the “Father of India,” Joseph Lelyveld charts the development of Gandhi’s social vision, tying his early experiences as a lawyer in South ...

Joseph Lelyveld, a former executive editor of The New York Times, has written a biography of Mohandas Gandhi called Great Soul. It doesn't seem like Lelyveld set out to pen a hatchet job--The Wall ...

The great are a pretty mixed lot, especially in politics. Hitler, Stalin and Mao were among the great, each in his own monstrous way. Churchill was, too, for both good and evil, and Roosevelt as well, ...

Author Joseph Lelyveld, former executive editor of The New York Times, is also notable for instigating a significant uproar surrounding his new Mohandas Gandhi biography Great Soul. When reviews first ...

In banning Joseph Lelyveld's new biography of Mohandas Gandhi, the Indian leader's native state of Gujarat has ensured a result — as so often happens in censorship cases — that it surely didn't intend ...

Accused serial bomber Eric Rudolph, charged with killing two and injuring scores, had the most unlikely of reading material: a biography of Mahatma Gandhi, the great advocate of nonviolence. “I know ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. In Wednesday’s L.A. Times, Jonathan Kirsch reviews ‘Great Soul,’ the ...

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Few figures seem more remote from contemporary India than Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the Mahatma, or “Great Soul,” who spearheaded the struggle for independence. Gandhi’s beloved rural poor figure ...

Joseph Lelyveld, a former executive editor of The New York Times, has written a biography of Mohandas Gandhi called Great Soul. It doesn't seem like Lelyveld set out to pen a hatchet job--The Wall ...