Rajmohan caused a national stir in November 1989 when he decided to stand in India's elections.

Among my mail a card from India stood out. On its cover was the photograph below, on its envelope a picture of Mahatma Gandhi in prison.

When Rajmohan, a grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, announced that he was running against the incumbent PM, few thought that he might win.

In calling me `Baba' she was not accusing me of being a black sheep; as you will have noticed, her complaint was different. In Hindi, `Baba' can mean a father.

Inspired by the dream that India's Western Ghats might be re-afforested by the year 2000, over 60 senior college and university students from throughout New Zealand applied to join.

When you talk about corruption, people often say: `How can I be honest when everyone else is dishonest?'

Gandhi has provided a splendid tour de force of aspects of Muslim, mainly political, thinking during a crucial period of the sub-continent's history.

On a chilly December evening in Delhi, I met a group from Delhi's largest harijan colony. They were visiting, as every evening, the home of Rajendra Das Mathur, whose relations include some of India's top administrators.

The man who takes such an interest in those around him carries each hour the pain and suffering of his six million people.

At Panchgani, 4,300 feet above the plains of Maharashtra, lies a wide volcanic plateau.