As a young lawyer, Mohandas Gandhi wasn’t especially interested in politics—until 1894, when a law set out to disenfranchise Indians in South Africa. This is the story of how he became a global icon ...

Every year on the 2nd day of October, India and the world pause to honour the birth anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, better known as Mahatma Gandhi or affectionately as ‘Bapu’, irrespective ...

NEW DELHI, (IANS) – A century-and-a-half after her birth, “The Lost Diary of Kastur, My Ba” (HarperCollins) by her great-grandson Tushar Gandhi finally presents Kasturba as her own person, a woman of ...

There is one Gandhi museum in the Americas. It is in Houston. “We wanted a space to tell a story about how social change can be made from the concepts of peace and non-violence,” says Dr. Manish Wani, ...

I ndia is the country that was never expected to ever be a country. In the late 19th century, Sir John Strachey, a senior British official, grandly opined that the territory's diverse states simply ...

HOUSTON — A new museum off the Sam Houston tollway near Stafford Road wants visitors to reflect, learn and, "Practice your truth, whatever it is, nonviolently." Founder Atul Kothari said the Eternal ...

The Gandhi Memorial Museum in Madurai is being restored. This heritage site, once Tamukkam Palace, will reopen by early May. Renovations include new AV rooms and galleries. The museum houses Mahatma ...