Joseph Lelyveld, who visits the Writers Institute this coming Tuesday, April 3rd, talks about his new biography of Gandhi this week in a video interview on the New York Times blog "India Ink."
Gandhi was “a tough nut to crack,” Mr. Lelyveld said.
“I thought the book might be controversial because here is a foreigner lecturing Indians on what Gandhi might have meant for India, and telling them that India had disappointed the father of the nation,” he said.
Read more on the New York Times "India Ink" blog and watch the video clip.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Gandhi-- A Tough Nut to Crack
