Are you happy with the way the Making of the Mahatma turned out?The film takes a dispassionate view of Gandhi.So it was really in South Africa that Gandhi became what he was?Did you have differences with Shyam Benegal over the script?Are you disappointed with the reactions to the film in South Africa?You have written the only authorised biography of Nelson Mandela, Higher Than Hope. Are you close to him?Do you find parallels between Gandhi and Mandela?So Gandhi was an 'absolute leader'?Has Mandela changed since his appointment as president of South Africa?You seem fascinated by heroic nationalist figures...