Jad Adams narrated sexual run-throughs of Mahatma Gandhi in his recent book ‘Naked Ambition’. Nobody knows what are the sources for his claims. But, according to author, Gandhi sexperimented with his followers' wives and his teenaged grand-nieces! The aim of these experiments seemed to be conserving his vital fluid to acquire great power.
Though everybody has every right to experiment with his sex life, Jad Adams' book attracted much attention because he is writing about the father of a nation. He was talking about Gandhi's quest for spiritual growth than becoming a father of the nation.
Like Jad Adams many authors touched upon the sensitive subject of Gandhi and sex. Ved Mehta, Nirmal Kumar Bose, Erik H. Erikson, Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre are to name a few. Many wrote that Gandhi had slept with many naked women including Sushila Nayar, Sucheta Kriplani, Abha and Manu. The purpose, according to them, was to test his celibacy, but not to indulge in any romp.
Just imagine if anybody else has done this what would have been the repercussions. You need to be great person first to do great and unnatural things.
The times have changed. Nowadays, if anybody repeats such experiments the partner feels it as a punishment.
