![]() ![]() ![]() At the time, many did express disapproval over this behaviour. Later, Gandhiji included Abha, his great-nephew’s wife in these experiments. Manu, despite the unequal power equation between her and her great-uncle did not seem to be upset over these experiments. Kasturba had passed away when these experiments began. Manu had lost her mother, and was brought up by Gandhi and his wife Kasturba. To quote his biographer and historian Ramchandra Guha, “He had come round to the view that the violence around him was in part a product or consequence of the imperfections within him.” In today’s post #MeToo era, and earlier too, this would definitely seem problematic. ![]() In the year 1946, Gandhiji asked his 19-year-old great-niece Manu to sleep in his bed in order to test his sexual desire and vows of celibacy. ![]()
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