Was Gandhi's son a prisoner? (Mail and Guardian Online, South Africa)
Mahatma Gandhi's great-granddaughter has written a book titled 'Gandhi's Prisoner? The Life of Gandhi's Son, Manilal' that is raising controversy.
The 400-page book explores the Gandhi family's early years in South Africa in the early 1900s and focuses on the relationship of Manilal and Gandhiji.
According to Uma Dhuphelia-Mesthrie, the author, Manilal wanted to be a doctor but Gandhi didn't allow him to study at all. On his father's orders, Manilal Gandhi spent most of his adult life managing the settlement founded by Gandhi in the eastern port city of Durban and editing the activist's Indian Opinion newspaper. He went on to became a renowned political activist, enduring several stints in jail for his opposition to racist apartheid laws.
I would like this article on my book removed. It orginates from an AFP reporter who did not have the publisher's blurb or the book before him and it does not represent the sum total of teh book. I will be happy to send you a full account of what teh book is about, Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie
Posted by: uma mesthrie on October 7, 2004 06:20 AMWhat part of the entry above do you find misleading and wrong? I have merely linked to a newspaper article about your book and have added a gist of the article.
I will be glad to read the publisher's blurb and/or your account of what the book is about.
ithink she should take her complaints to the news site.
and let us know if any wrong info has been given so that harshal can post that too and right the wrong.
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