Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India is a 2011 biography of Indian political and spiritual leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Joseph Lelyveld and published by Alfred A Knopf. The book is split between the time Gandhi spent in South Africa and his return to India as the Mahatma. "Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India" claims that the founder of modern India had a sexual relationship with Hermann Kallenbach, a German-Jewish bodybuilder, and also made disparaging remarks about black Africans during his
Mahout Mahout A mahout is an elephant rider, trainer, or keeper. Usually, a mahout starts as a boy in the "family profession" when he is assigned an elephant early in its life. They remain bonded to each other throughout their lives. The word "mahout" derives from the Hindi words "mahaut" (महौत) and "mahavat" (महावत), and originally from the Sanskrit "mahamatra" (महामात्र). Another term is "cornac" or "kornak", which entered many European languages via Portuguese. This word derives ultimately from the Sanskrit term "karināyaka", a compound of "karin" (elephant) and "nayaka" (leader). In Tamil, the word used is "pahan", which means "elephant