Key perspectives to watch out for

Gopalkrishna Gandhi

A former governor of West Bengal, Gopalkrishna Gandhi is among India’s most erudite thinkers. He writes on his grandmother, Kasturba; Mahatma’s son Harilal; and the publication, Young India

Rajmohan Gandhi

Grandson of MK Gandhi, Rajmohan Gandhi is one of the foremost scholars on the Mahatma and a noted historian. He writes on Gandhi’s core views on religion and nationality

Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie

Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie, MK Gandhi’s great-grand daughter, is recognised as a leading scholar in the field of India-South Africa connected histories. She writes on Gandhi and his South Africa days

Ramachandra Guha

Distinguished historian, Ramachandra Guha, is the author of a definitive two-volume biography of MK Gandhi. Besides having advised HT on the whole series, he writes on his journey as a biographer, and Gandhi’s 12 apostles

David Hardiman

Historian and a founding member of the Subaltern Studies Collective, David Hardiman is a renowned global scholar on Gandhi. He writes on the Mahatma as a theorist and practitioner of non violence

Karuna Mantena

Columbia University academic, Karuna Mantena, is working on a book tentatively titled ‘Gandhi’s Realism: Means and Ends in Politics’. She writes on the role of Gandhi in the history of modern political thought

David Arnold

A UK-based historian, David Arnold is a scholar on India and Gandhi. He writes on Gandhi’s relationship with the British and how Britain has come to terms with the man who dismantled the Empire

Baburam Bhattarai

Former Prime Minister of Nepal, Baburam Bhattarai, was a key Maoist ideologue who led a revolution in his country. He introspects on violence and non violence, the Mahatma and Maoism

Mirai Chatterjee

Mirai Chatterjee, who has been associated with the Self Employed Women’s Association since 1984, writes about how Gandhi’s views on swaraj influenced the women’s movement

Raza Ahmad Rumi

Raza Ahmad Rumi, a journalist, writer and academic from Pakistan, writes on how the country that was formed on August 14, 1947, sees the Mahatma today

Niranjan Rajadhyaksha

A scholar of macroeconomics, political economy and economic history, former executive editor of Mint, Niranjan Rajadhyaksha writes on the influence of Gandhi’s views on economic policy

Sudhir Kakar

Renowned psychoanalyst, Sudhir Kakar, has written several books, making important interventions in our understanding of culture, society and politics. He writes on MK Gandhi as a mass leader

Nico Slate

Historian and author, Nico Slate, traces the influence of the Mahatma in the American Civil Rights movement and the history of satyagraha in the US, including the non-violent resistance to racism

Ratnottama Sengupta

National Award winner Ratnottama Sengupta, who is a director and film festival programmer, will write on the depiction of the Mahatma in film