Intellectuals and Gandhi kin have come out in the open against the clamour for taking out of shelves a controversial book on Mahatma Gandhi, saying banning is not a "democratic response".

A controversial book on Mahatma Gandhi was banned in his home state of Gujarat on Wednesday.

A resolution to ban the book, 'Great Soul', was moved in the state assembly by Chief Minister Narendra Mod

An American author on Tuesday angrily dismissed claims his new book on Mahatma Gandhi alleged that India's independence leader was a racist bisexual who left his wife for a bodybuilder.

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