Gandhi and Gender of Fasting: A Webinar by Prof Vinay Lal (11th episode of The India Studies Series by the India Centre, FLAME University)
Can the tradition of fasting have any relation to the genders at large? Whenever we think of the tradition of fasting, we are reminded of Mahatma Gandhi, the modern master of fasting who gained attention through his 15 odd major public fasts. Prof. Vinay Lal of the UCLA in his webinar on “Gandhi and the gender of fasting” discusses how Gandhi’s refusal of being bound by the general and rigid ethics, sociology, and philosophy surrounding the tradition of fasting led to the radicalization and feminization of public sphere.
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Gandhi and Gender of Fasting: A Webinar by Prof Vinay Lal (11th episode of The India Studies Series by the India Centre, FLAME University)