Why Gandhi wasn’t really the change we’d wish to see in the world

Gandhi late in life with grandnieces Manu & Abha, his companions & bedmates (Photo Credit: India Today)

Notwithstanding the horrific shooting in Las Vegas, today is the International Day of Nonviolence in honor of Mohandas Gandhi, born on this day in 1869.

Drawing inspiration from Thoreau, Tolstoy and South Asian religious traditions, Gandhi advocated peaceful mass resistance to the British colonial regime. Over four decades, he and his followers…