The falsification of history
The charge that Mohandas Gandhi was a racist is doing the rounds again. His stay in colonial South Africa fuels those claims.
Articles by
Ashwin Desai
Ashwin Desai is a sociologist based at the University of Johannesburg and co-author (with Goolam Vahed) of The South African Gandhi: Stretcher-Bearer of Empire.
The politics of ethical deception
If in India there has been an investment in myth of Mohandas Gandhi as a non-racial icon, in South Africa Gandhi also has his defenders.
Taking a Mallett to SuperSport
When former Springbok Ashwin Willemse walked off a SuperSport TV set, he forced conversations on racism in South African rugby and its sports media.
The descent of our fathers
A remembrance for Father's Day.
This mother of mine
On Mother's Day — a dedication to hardscrabble mothers.
Irregular boundaries
Now in Maytime to the wicket Out I march with bat and pad: See the son