About the Book: The Good Boatman
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi has been the subject of over a dozen wellregarded
biographies. Yet key aspects of the man still prove elusive. In this book,
Rajmohan Gandhi, a grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and an acclaimed biographer and
scholar, attempts to understand the phenomenon that was Gandhi. This he does by
examining in detail dominant and varied themes of Gandhis life—his unsuccessful
bid to keep India united; his attitude towards caste and untouchability; his
relationship with those whose empire he challenged; his controversial
experiments with chastity; his views on God, truth and non-violence; and his
selection of heirs to lead a