Well, the point is that the book just happens to be pretty well written and is not 'Shit'. AND IT DOES NOT AT ANY PLACE SPEAK OF GANDHI'S SEXUALITY. NOT EVEN IN THE PASSING.
I took time out to read it so that I know the facts before I even commented. More importantly those who are calling it a 'shit' without reading it are the worst form of idiots who will belive any canard without having the capacity to make up their own minds. They say "an empty vessel sounds much", and these guys just prove the point. They are dumb enough not to be able to read the book, maybe even understand it, but would make pompous claims of "one cannot read every shit". They should make better efforts to at being intellectually honest. Otherwise they should just shut up. Best, Aditya Bondyopadhyay On 4/1/11, nirb...@aol.com <nirb...@aol.com> wrote: > Nobody has the time to read "every shit that is published!!!" > > BUT we should NOT censor, nor ban a book, movie, newspaper, cartoon, just > because we don't agree with it. > > Gordon > > > In a message dated 3/31/2011 2:54:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > mmilto...@yahoo.com writes: > > > > > > So you are suggesting that read every shit that is published and not use > your brain !!! What will read the book alone do? If you are for real, then > you have to check the sources. > > > As far as I am concerned I stand by my statement "If there was any truth > to this, British would have ruined Mahatma and taken advantage of the same, > We might even be not independent today". > > > Be careful .... Independence does not mean stupidity nor lack of guard in > accepting everything that you come across. > > > Mike. > > > ____________________________________ > From: Aditya Bondyopadhyay <adit.b...@gmail.com> > To: gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thu, March 31, 2011 5:09:09 AM > Subject: Re: g_b on Gandhi, his loving relationship with a german body > builder, and the difficulty of assimilating the (homo)sexual into the image > of > the mahatma > > > The point is, I just procured and read the book so that I can make up > my own mind. And this is what I find: we are all screaming because > some nitwit reviewer had to sell his/her copy and therefore came up > with what can safely be termed COMPLETE BULLSHIT. The book is nothing > that the review claims and there is no indication or even wording > about Gandhi's sexuality. It is a complete fabrication of a > sensationalist and partially deranged reviewer. > > So this is what I suggest. Before you get into a frenzy aka shiv sena, > and start beating up the writer and burning libraries, please read the > book. And id you still have bile left, reserve the boot for the > reviewer for spreading canards, and withdraw it from the writer. > > Best, > Aditya > > On 3/31/11, Mike Milton <_mmilton09@yahoo.com_ (mailto:mmilto...@yahoo.com) >> wrote: >> Perhaps the author needs some to boot him !!! >> >> Bloot, point here is not appreciating Gandhiji's principle ... for long > we >> have >> done that and have given up now too. >> >> Point here is, if someone writes a story about me, I think I expect > people >> to >> verify the veracity of the story before believing the same. We owe the > same >> level of respect to Mahatma. >> >> Does any one his right mind think, if there was any truth to this story, >> British >> would have destroyed Gandhi and would have taken full advantage of it. >> >> Let us think before passing mundane comments at least about a great soul. >> >> Mike. >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Bloot Fontaine <_blutfonta...@yahoo.co.in_ > (mailto:blutfonta...@yahoo.co.in) > >> To: _gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com_ (mailto:gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com) >> Sent: Wed, March 30, 2011 1:33:14 AM >> Subject: Re: g_b on Gandhi, his loving relationship with a german body >> builder, >> and the difficulty of assimilating the (homo)sexual into the image of the >> mahatma >> >> >> I am speaking from what I read in Mumbai Mirror. According to the author > of >> the >> book, he has "discovered facts" about Gandhiji's sexual life from letters >> written by Gandhi to Kallenbach. In such a case, instead of even > discussing >> Gandhiji's sexuality, would it not be a lot more pertinent to admire and >> even >> revere the honesty with which he preserved those letters so that his life >> could >> openly be studied? >> Never mind what his sexuality was, he was truthful, honest, open and >> courageous >> about any and everything! Otherwise, today we would not have known about >> this >> and been able to criticise/praise etc. >> >> --- On Tue, 29/3/11, akshay khanna <_xaefis@gmail.com_ > (mailto:xae...@gmail.com) > wrote: >> >> >>>From: akshay khanna <_xaefis@gmail.com_ (mailto:xae...@gmail.com) > >>>Subject: g_b on Gandhi, his loving relationship with a german body > builder, >>> and >>>the difficulty of assimilating the (homo)sexual into the image of the >>> mahatma >>>To: _lgbt-india@yahoogroups.com_ (mailto:lgbt-in...@yahoogroups.com) , > _gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com_ (mailto:gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com) >>>Date: Tuesday, 29 March, 2011, 6:26 PM >>> >>> >>> >>>dear all, >>>below is one of several reviews of Joseph Lelyveld's book, 'Great Soul', > on >>> >>>which a ban is reportedly being planned in Maharashtra. >>>(_http://www.hindustantimes.com/Ban-looms-over-new-Mahatma-book-author-cri > es-foul/Article1-678973.aspx_ > (http://www.hindustantimes.com/Ban-looms-over-new-Mahatma-book-author-cries-foul/Article1-678973.aspx) > ) >>> . as though 'bisexual' were an insult. :) have not had a chance to read >>> the >>>book itself, but responses to the possibility that the father of the > nation >>> >>>might have had a strong, erotic/sexual attachment to a man are > interesting. >>> >>> >>> >>>xx >>>akshay >>> >>>_http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703529004576160371482469358 > .html?mod=WSJ_article_related_ > (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703529004576160371482469358.html?mod=WSJ_article_related) >>> >>> >> >> > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > > -- > ADITYA BONDYOPADHYAY > Development Sector Consultant > Advocate (Regd. 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