Eradicating the ‘scourge of drink’ and the ‘un-pardonable sin of illegitimate sexual enjoyment’: M.K. Gandhi as anti-vice crusader
This essay highlights an oft-neglected facet of M.K. Gandhi’s political work by scrutinizing the anti-colonial icon’s extended engagement in campaigns against alcohol, narcotics, prostitution and a number of other ‘vices’ between 1906 and 1948. It argues that, while the Mahatma’s anti-vice crusades...
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Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing
2017
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Interdisziplinäre Zeitschrift für Südasienforschung
Year: 2017, Volume: 2, Pages: 113-130 |
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