Mahatma Gandhi

The end of Gandhi’s India

Article Ramachandra Guha 1 - 3 Jan 2020

The current dispensation is becoming a majoritarian Hindu state as Narendra Modi promotes hatred and intolerance of Muslims and minorities

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Murad, Mukwege for campaigns against sexual violence

Article Staff Reporter - 8 Oct 2018

Denis Mukwege is a medic based in the DRC, and he and his staff have helped thousands of victims abused in its prolonged and bloody wars.

No moral compass in Modi’s SA mission

Article Staff Reporter - 27 Jul 2018

The Indian prime minister invokes peace icons across the globe, but is yet to condemn the acts of one of his key ministers

Time Magazine names Donald Trump person of the year

Article bogdan TagDiv - 7 Dec 2016

The United States president-elect says the accolade means a lot to him.

New exhibition raises questions about Gandhi’s appropriation and Madiba’s apologisms

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 21 Jul 2016

Both are icons of peace, both resisted oppression, both fought for their belief. Mandela took to violence and Mahatma had to shed his caste prism.

Four reasons Gandhi’s statue being defaced doesn’t bother me

Article bogdan TagDiv - 13 Apr 2015

Mahatma Gandhi’s pacifist philosophy inspired many, but his remarks about black South Africans mean his legacy is not beyond reproach.

Gandhi: A complicated legacy for South Africa

Article bogdan TagDiv - 29 Sep 2014

On his 146th birthday anniversary, Verashni Pillay reflects on Mahatma Gandhi's complicated legacy for a country whose majority he did not champion.

Twenty years of democracy: Much has changed, but not enough

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Apr 2014

While there is better access to a quality life, let us not forget the sacrificies that made our freedom possible and pretend there's no more to do.

Gandhi’s lessons for al-Qaeda

Analysis bogdan TagDiv - 12 Sep 2013

Historian Faisal Devji unearths some unusual and unlikely links in South Asia’s fraught history.

India buys Gandhi archive from friend Hermann Kallenbach

Article Sapa Afp - 10 Jul 2012

The Indian government has bought a collection of letters, papers and photos relating to Mahatma Gandhi ahead of its planned auction in London.

Indian hunger striker goes on fast to end corruption

Article bogdan TagDiv - 11 Dec 2011

Indian activist Anna Hazare, whose hunger strike in August attracted public support, held a one-day fast demanding government to tackle corruption.

Indian state bans Gandhi book over gay claims

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Mar 2011

An Indian state on Wednesday banned a new biography of Mahatma Gandhi which allegedly describes the Indian independence leader as a racist bisexual.

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