A celibate for the greater part of his life, Mohandas Gandhi continues to attract nearly unrivaled attention – often for the sex that did not take place. Even his friends and admirers, who revered him for bringing ethics to the political life, or for never demanding of others what he did not first demand of [...]
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*The Sexuality of a Celibate Life
Posted in Mohandas Gandhi, The Politics of Indian Culture, tagged biography by Joseph Lelyveld, brahmacharya, Esther Faering, Gandhi on masculinity and femininity, Gandhi's experiments in brahmacharya, Hermann Kallenbach, Kasturba Gandhi, liberal critique of Gandhi, Manu and Abha, Mirabehn, Mohandas Gandhi, Sarladevi Chowdharani, sex and violence, sex vs sexuality, supposed puritanism of Gandhi, Sushila Nayar on May 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
