Edward Peters accompanies Rajmohan and Usha Gandhi on a speaking tour of Britain.

Rajmohan Gandhi warns against the poisonous wind which targets people for being born Muslim, American or Jew.

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.

These days I often find myself in Shahibag, which now houses the papers, personal effects and photos of Vallabhbhai Patel, whose biography I am writing. Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru together administered India between Independence in 1947 and December 1950, when Patel died. Nehru was Prime Minister and Patel was styled Deputy Prime Minister, but they shared power equally and jointly.