Does Gandhi have a caste?

June 13, 2017 09:41

"We have recently been reminded that Gandhi was born in a bania household. But, back in 1922, few, if any, banias were farmers or weavers; few, if any, are even today. Yet Gandhi's self-description was accurate; for in the Sabarmati Ashram, Gandhi did not trade, but he did spin daily and experiment with crops and livestock rearing. That statement to an Ahmedabad court was a striking example of Gandhi's lifelong commitment to making his caste origins irrelevant to his personal and public life."

Read Ramchandra Guha's column in the Indian Express.

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