TAWP Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Writer says Gandhi book ban 'shameful'The author of a book on Mahatma Gandhi has said it is "shameful" that it has been banned in India's western state of Gujarat. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Joseph Lelyveld said the book was banned on the basis of newspaper reviews. He said the reviews had sensationalised his account of Gandhi's friendship with a German man, who may have been homosexual. Although legal, homosexuality still carries a stigma in India. Gujarat's state assembly voted unanimously on Wednesday to ban Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India with immediate effect, even though it has not yet been released in India and few people will have read it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12930427 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombkk Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 The BBC article does not say that this is a book about Gandhi's homosexual relationship. It says it's a book about Gandhi, and that Guajarati politicians say that it implies on a few pages that Gandhi had a homosexual relationship, which the author denies. Hence, the title of this thread is very misleading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isanbirder Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 (edited) They (the author and the Gujerati politicians) should let the old man rest in peace. "The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones." Edited April 4, 2011 by isanbirder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Yes if he failed to consummate that homosexual relation with the German, that would indeed be evil! Sorry, what do you expect on the gay forum, to agree that homosexuality is an "evil"? To heck with Gandhi, what's up with Chairman Mao and his genital massage boys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteeleJoe Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 The title of the thread is way off -- complete distortion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 (edited) Isn't it the dream of every author to have their book banned? Ka-ching. Gandhi's intimate friend Hermann Kallenbach (and who knows what else) has quite an interesting life story as well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Kallenbach In Gandhi's words, they became "soulmates" and, for a time, shared Kallenbach's home. Edited April 4, 2011 by Jingthing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isanbirder Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Yes if he failed to consummate that homosexual relation with the German, that would indeed be evil! Sorry, what do you expect on the gay forum, to agree that homosexuality is an "evil"? To heck with Gandhi, what's up with Chairman Mao and his genital massage boys? Fair comment, Jingthing... it wasn't one of my more appropriate quotations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanitreeNapikin Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 To heck with Gandhi, what's up with Chairman Mao and his genital massage boys? Ooh, please tell more! I'll go get another cup of coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dukkha Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Ghandi, like many males from the sub continent and other parts of asia are more flexible and fluid about sexuality, there was never the word 'gay' in the thai language and probably still is not, corrrect me if I am wrong.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Card Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 What Ghandi? I thought he was too busy weaving, contemplating his navel and being generally great to be turned on by some frisky farang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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