If not the British, Gandhi is surely an agent of present politicians.

Justice Markandey Katju, retired judge of the Supreme Court, is used to shooting off his mouth on every topic under the sun. This time he has really enraged people by writing that Gandhi was a British agent and that he was responsible for the religious division of India. He is not the only one. Others too have written critically about Gandhi. They say that he studied in Britain and was admitted to the Bar, he was an ardent admirer of the British, he was a racist as his friends in South Africa were all white and he helped the British by his non-violence methods. If he had been instrumental in driving the British out of India why did they not hang him as they did with the others? He was built up as a Mahatma when the British controlled India, so we may conclude that the British had an interest in it. There have been a lot of debate on his sexual practices. His practice of sleeping naked with his grand-nieces, who were minors at the time, has been condemned by feminists. Rightly so. Sex cults are not uncommon in other parts of the world and, for some strange reason many women seem to be attracted to men who build themselves up to be prophets. Others claim that Gandhi had homosexual relations with Herman Kallenbach who was a German-Jewish architect and bodybuilder. In a letter to Kallenbach Gandhi wrote," How completely you have taken possession of my body. This is slavery with a vengeance." That sounds like suspiciously sexual. We will never know the truth about all these allegations, because all the actors involved are dead, so it is waste of time to speculate about their veracity. What is not in doubt is that Gandhi was a man and not a God, with weaknesses and strengths, like the rest of us. So why has he been built up as a God? As Gandhi is dead he himself has nothing to gain. Therefore, people who have built him up as a God and defend his reputation with fanatic zeal must have something to gain. Since his death Gandhi has become a weapon to be used against the citizens of India. Gujarat is a dry state because Gandhi was from Gujarat. Which means that Gujarat has a thriving bootlegging industry, losing the state government billions in unpaid taxes, and watering holes, such as Goa or Mount Abu, are full of upstanding citizens looking to quench their thirst. Gandhi has been built up as a champion of minorities which means that it is fine to convert Hindus to other religions but ' ghar wapsi ', which means ' returning home ' becomes a crime. Gandhi was for the poor so poverty is probably the biggest business in India, with socialism written into the constitution. However, Gandhi's frugal lifestyle does not apply to our most esteemed politicians who vote very generous compensations for themselves, including free air travel with luscious ' companions '. Time to humanise Gandhi and stop using him against us.