GANDHI & SON A FAMILY TRAGEDY ; A Darker Side of Greatness ++ as the Saintly Father of Indian Nation, He Is Almost Universally Venerated. but Mahatma Gandhi Also Knew Bitter Failure as a Father. Now, to Widespread Outrage, a New Film Is about to Shed Light on His Relationship with His First-Born Child, Harilal. by Andrew Buncombe

Buncombe, Andrew, The Independent (London, England)

India is a country richly littered with sacred monuments, honoured traditions and shrines to the many gods worshipped by its people. But few things are held in such reverent awe as the memory of Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation and the man rightly credited more than any other with achieving the country's independence.

On the occasion of his death, in 1948, Albert Einstein said of the man (whom he had never met but whose picture hung from his study wall): "Generations to come, it may be, will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth."

Meanwhile, Lord Louis Mountbatten, the last British Viceroy of India and the …

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