He diligently kept a daily diary between 1917 and his death in 1942, chronicling the life of Gandhi. Guha notes that it was Desai who acted as Gandhi’s “alter ego”, who would write down the ...

He wanted change but through peace, not violence. Aged 23, Gandhi moved to South Africa, where one event changed the rest of his life. He was thrown off a train carriage which was just for white ...

Remembering her, her cousin and historian Tushar Gandhi told the Indian Express, “She spent her entire life teaching in tribal areas. Even though she was physically weak, her moral strength ...