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A Brilliantly Woven Narrative, With Facts As The Warp And Imagination As The Weft . . . Kakars Is A Marvellous Effort To Peel Away The Layers Surrounding GandhiHindu It Is 1925 And Indias Struggle For Independence Is In Disarray, Impeded By Factionalism Among Its Leaders And Rising Incidents Of Communal Disharmony Across The Country. Meanwhile, Having Withdrawn Himself From Active Politics, BapuMahatma Gandhiis In The Sabarmati Ashram In Gujarat, Immersed In The Creation Of An Ideal Community That Is Dedicated To The Highest Standards Of Self-discipline, Tolerance And Austerity. Into This World Comes Madeleine Slade, The Daughter Of A British Admiral, Who Has Set Her Heart On Becoming Bapus Greatest Disciple. Bapu Embraces Her Into The Fold And, As She Becomes An Indispensable Part Of The Ashram And His Life, Renames Her Mira After Mirabai, The Legendary Devotee Of Krishna. But It Is Not Long Before Miras All-consuming Desire To Serve Bapu Transforms Into A Desperate Need To Be Close To Him At All Times And Clashes Head-on With The Exacting Moral And Spiritual Codes He Has Laid Down For Himself And Those Around Him. And As The Self-doubting Mahatma, Seeking To Distance Himself From Mira Yet Loath To Let Go Of Her Love, Wrestles With His Inner Phantoms, Miras Life Begins To Take Another Dramatic Turn . . . About The Author An Internationally Renowned Psychoanalyst And Writer, Sudhir Kakar Has Been A Visiting Professor At The Universities Of Chicago, Harvard, McGill, Melbourne, Hawaii And Vienna And A Fellow At The Institutes Of Advanced Study, Princeton And Berlin. Currently, He Is Adjunct Professor Of Leadership At INSEAD In Fontainbleau, France. His Many Honours Include The Bhabha, Nehru And National Fellowships In India, The Kardiner Award Of Columbia University, The Boyer Prize Of The American Anthropological Association, And Germanys Goethe Medal. The Leading French Magazine Le Nouvel Observateur Listed Him As One Of Twenty-five Major Thinkers Of The World. He Lives In Goa. Sudhir Kakars Books Have Been Translated Into Twenty Languages Around The World. His Non-fiction Books Include The Inner World: A Psychoanalytical Study Of Childhood And Society In India Intimate Relations: Exploring Indian Sexuality The Analyst And The Mystic: Psychoanalytic Reflections On Religion And Mysticism And The Colours Of Violence. His Three Published Novels Are The Ascetic Of Desire, Ecstasy And Mira And The Mahatma. He Has Also Translated (with Wendy Doniger) Vatsyayanas Kamasutra.

A Brilliantly Woven Narrative, With Facts As The Warp And Imagination As The Weft . . . Kakars Is A Marvellous Effort To Peel Away The Layers Surrounding GandhiHindu It Is 1925 And Indias Struggle For Independence Is In Disarray, Impeded By Factionalism Among Its Leaders And Rising Incidents Of Communal Disharmony Across The Country. Meanwhile, Having Withdrawn Himself From Active Politics, BapuMahatma Gandhiis In The Sabarmati Ashram In Gujarat, Immersed In The Creation Of An Ideal Community That Is Dedicated To The Highest Standards Of Self-discipline, Tolerance And Austerity. Into This World Comes Madeleine Slade, The Daughter Of A...  Read More