Gandhi's Dogmatic Ahimsa and Adharmic Experiments with Truth: An Analysis

A psychological analysis of Gandhi's experiments in celibacy and dogmatic insistence on non-violence.

At the very outset, I want to make clear what my intentions are: they are not an attempt at a wholesale vilification of an iconic figure; instead, it is to caution against wholesale embrace and deification of an iconic figure. In this essay, I shall concentrate primarily on two major areas of Gandhi’s life:

1. His response to the Moplah massacre of Hindus