On Mohandas

The portrait of Gandhiji painted here emerges slowly— from the timid and somewhat cowardly Kathiawari childhood, the awkward years as a student in England, the growing confidence as a lawyer in South Africa (a self-assurance that ironically emerged from his humiliation), and his emergence as a leader in India (who although often at odds with his more politically savvy nationalist colleagues seemed better equipped to read the mind of India).

Mukund Padmanabhan reviews Rajmohan Gandhi‘s Mohandas; sounds like a book worth your while.

Here are some interviews with Rajmohan Gandhi:

• With Bageshree in the Hindu
• With Bala Chauhan at Sunday Herald
• The outlook interview with Sheela Reddy

The “media attention” that Mukund Padmanabhan alludes to is, I guess, this excerpt from outlook. However, as I noted sometime back, the affair itself is not a secret, though, some of the details are probably being spelt out for the first time.