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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Main Author: Fischer-Tiné, Harald 1966- (Author)
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Published: Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing 2017
In: Interdisziplinäre Zeitschrift für Südasienforschung
Year: 2017, Volume: 2, Pages: 113-130
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