Mahatma Gandhi

Commentary / World Jan 12, 2015

The campaign to glorify Gandhi's assassin

by Chandrahas Choudhury

A strident new campaign by a radical Hindu group seeks to rehabilitate the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948 as an Indian hero who was inspired by "love of country."

Commentary / World Dec 10, 2013

Mandela's final step to freedom

by Jakkie Cilliers and Ramesh Thakur

Nelson Mandela's life had many parallels with that of Mahatma Gandhi. Above all, Mandela was an eternal optimist who believed in the possibility of improvement and progress by appealing to the better angels of our nature.