Quotations from a new biography of Mahatma Gandhi have been interpreted to suggest he was bisexual and racist, not surprisingly they have created a storm of protest. Gujarat has banned the book and Maharashtra could follow soon. CNBC-TV18’s Karan Thapar asks how one should respond to the situation.
If like me you have spend the last few days glued to television mesmerised by the popular uprising in Tunisia and now Egypt you are bound to ask yourself a question: can something similar happen in India.