“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 ...

Wednesday marks 150 years since the birth of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Better known as the Mahatma, or great soul, Gandhi was an Indian lawyer who led his country to freedom from British colonial ...

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 ...

Mahatma Gandhi Smaraka Nidhi-Vizianagaram city president Karrotu Satyam, Indian Red Cross Society chairman of Vizianagaram K.R.D. Prasada Rao on Friday asked parents and teachers to encourage students ...

Gandhi's views on women's rights certainly fall short of what a contemporary, 21st century sensibility would expect. At the same time, in the 1920s and '30s, to bring women into public life — to ...