Gandhi was a curious mixture of genuine contradictions. Although he was very manipulative by nature, a master politician but a poor statesman, still, he did rise and fall alternately to create a confused legacy of political events that smashed India for good. Yet, he did rise to heights at times, as I said, for all could not have been fooled by manipulations unless there was a touch of greatness impelling him to act as he did, foolishly, perhaps, more often than not, but nonetheless, with a sincere love of man and the world. His fault was his desire to emerge the world teacher while leading the national struggle. He was not divinely ordained to do so but self-ordained, proceeded to fulfil the role of the Mahatma and fumbled so hard in the process that when history takes count of it, he will take quite a beating before the antithesis is followed by the inevitable synthesis by men and women centuries hence when he will be accorded his due place in history.This, dear Bhaskar, is the dialectical flow of historical episodes and personalities.
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