Arun Manilal Gandhi

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Arun Gandhi
2012
Born	Arun Manilal Gandhi (1934-04-14)14 April 1934 Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
Died	2 May 2023(2023-05-02) (aged 89) Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian, South African, American
Citizenship	American
Spouse	Sunanda Gandhi ​ ​ (m. 1957; died 2007)​
Children	2, including Tushar
Parent(s)	Manilal Gandhi Sushila Mashruwala
Relatives	Ela Gandhi (sister) Mahatma Gandhi (grandfather) Kasturba Gandhi (grandmother)

Arun Manilal Gandhi (14 April 1934 – 2 May 2023) was a South African-born Indian-American author, socio-political activist and son of Manilal Gandhi, thus a grandson of nationalist leader Mahatma Gandhi. In 2017, he published The Gift of Anger: And Other Lessons From My Grandfather Mahatma Gandhi (New York: Gallery Books/Jeter Publishing 2017).

Gandhi criticized the Indian government in an article he wrote after they subsidized a 1982 film based on his grandfather's life with $25 million. He immigrated to the United States with his family in 1987 where he studied at the University of Mississippi. They later moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where they founded a nonviolence institute hosted by the Christian Brothers University.