The secret diary of Kasturba
Adhar, Neelima Dalmia
The secret diary of Kasturba - New Delhi Tranquebar Press 2016 - 395 p.
Description
He is the Mahatma, a man the world venerates as a prophet of peace. But for Kastur, the child bride who married the boy next door, Mohandas was a sexually-driven, self-righteous, and overbearing husband. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was sworn to poverty, celibacy, and the cause for India's freedom; Kastur spent sixty-two years of her life, juggling the roles of a devoted wife, a satyagraha, and sacrificing mother, who was eclipse because of a man who almost became God for India'smultitude. Gandhi was an intolerant father to Harilal, his wayward son, driven to debauchery; Kasturba paid the price for her son's unending misery. Kastur is long dead, but she lives on in the pages of hereditary... Renowned author Neelima Dalmia Adhar lays it bare to tell the world what it meant to be Kasturba Gandhi, wife of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi -- in a gripping tale of unconditional love, passion, sex, ecstasy, and the ultimate liberation that every woman seeks
9789386036537
Statesmen's spouses
Gandhi, Kasturba
Gandhi, Mahatma
954.035092 / ADH
The secret diary of Kasturba - New Delhi Tranquebar Press 2016 - 395 p.
Description
He is the Mahatma, a man the world venerates as a prophet of peace. But for Kastur, the child bride who married the boy next door, Mohandas was a sexually-driven, self-righteous, and overbearing husband. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was sworn to poverty, celibacy, and the cause for India's freedom; Kastur spent sixty-two years of her life, juggling the roles of a devoted wife, a satyagraha, and sacrificing mother, who was eclipse because of a man who almost became God for India'smultitude. Gandhi was an intolerant father to Harilal, his wayward son, driven to debauchery; Kasturba paid the price for her son's unending misery. Kastur is long dead, but she lives on in the pages of hereditary... Renowned author Neelima Dalmia Adhar lays it bare to tell the world what it meant to be Kasturba Gandhi, wife of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi -- in a gripping tale of unconditional love, passion, sex, ecstasy, and the ultimate liberation that every woman seeks
9789386036537
Statesmen's spouses
Gandhi, Kasturba
Gandhi, Mahatma
954.035092 / ADH