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 ...

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, ...

“I do not accept the claim of saintliness,” said Mohandas Gandhi in 1920, when he had not yet been given the spiritual title of “mahatma.” “I am prone to as many weaknesses as you are.” These words ...