Gandhi Under Cross Examination
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| Gandhi Under Cross Examination | |
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 Cover page by Sovereign Star Publishing, Inc. |
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| Author(s) | Col. G. B. Singh & Dr. Tim Watson |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Non-Fiction |
| Publisher |  Sovereign Star Publishing, Inc |
| Publication date | June 2009 |
| Media type | Print Paperback |
| Pages | 287 |
| ISBN | 0981499228 |
| Preceded by | Gandhi Behind the Mask of Divinity |
Gandhi Under Cross Examination written by US Army Colonel G. B. Singh and Dr. Tim Watson evaluates the iconization of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi as civil rights protagonist [1]
In 1893 Gandhi went to South Africa where, according to his own account, he was thrown off of a train on racial grounds.[2] In their scrutiny of the incident and Gandhi's statements thereafter, the authors claim that Gandhi gave divergent accounts of what happened on his journey to Pretoria. [1] Gandhi Under Cross-examination catalogs the incidents that happened around that time and attempts to prove that the train incident never occurred. The authors have claimed that Gandhi lied about the train incident.
- The book is preceded by another by Col G. B. Singh called Gandhi Behind the Mask of Divinity.
- One of the authors, G. B. Singh was interviewed by Penn & Teller for the special edition of their show "Holier Than Thou" which featured M. K. Gandhi.
- Author G. B. Singh was also featured in Chris Arnzen's talk show "Iron Sharpens Iron" on WNYG radio[3]
- Conservative website WorldNetDaily featured the book in 2008. [4]
- The book was reviewed favorably by Sikh Spectrum, a popular e-zine for Sikhs. [5]
- G. B. Singh was interviewed in 2009 by Denis Rancourt for his Ottawa-based radio show, The Five O'Clock Train, about the book and Singh's opposition to a statue of Gandhi in Ottawa. [6]
- Singh also spoke at University of Michigan-Flint in 2010 about his book after local Dalits protested installation of a statue of Gandhi on the UM-Flint campus. [7]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b "New Book Shreds Fabrication of Indian Civil Rights Icon". http://www.sunherald.com. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
- ^ Fischer, Louis (1962). Essential Gandhi. New York: Random House.
- ^ "WNYG - Iron Sharpens Iron". http://sharpens.blogspot.com/search/label/COL.%20G.B.%20SINGH. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
- ^ http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=63906
- ^ http://www.sikhspectrum.com/072008/cross.htm
- ^ http://trainradio.blogspot.com/2009/09/critical-look-at-mahatma-gandhi.html
- ^ http://www.themichigantimes.com/campus/gandhi-historian-scheduled-to-speak-at-u-1.1821299
