Truth be told..new book on GANDHI

The furore over Gandhi is misplaced . Not because it may be false, but because we can't handle the truth
                                                                             
       Former New York Times editor Joseph Lelyweld has written a book in which among other lines, he quotes Tridip Suhrud , a cultural  historian ; "They were a couple". Mr Lelyveld goes on to write in the next line . That's a succinct way of summing up the obvious Kallenbach later remarked that they'd lived together almost in the same bed-- but what kind of couple were they ?The Kallenbach mentioned in Hermann Kallenbach, a Jewish East Prussian architect in early 20th century  Johannesburg and the "they" is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Kallenbach .That's right, Mohandas "Bapu"Gandhi, the Father of our nation and that secular name uttered to make everything sacred.
      Mr.Lelyveld ,a journalist, quotes another Gandhi scholar characterising the Gandhi-Kallenbach relationship as "clearly homoerotic" rather than homosexual , "then adding intending through that choice of words to describe a strong mutual attraction, nothing more". The author goes on to write: "the conclusions passed on by word of mouth in South Africa's small Indian community were sometimes less nuanced.
      It was no secret then, or later, that Gandhi, leaving his wife behind, had gone to live with a man"
         Going by that most relevatory and "truthful" of texts , "My Experiments with Truth" it certainly would't have bothered Gandhi.