Society subjects public figures to scrutiny – usually contemporaneously. Some, like Jefferson and King, are also

subject to withering posthumous criticism. Now, more than 70 years after his death, criticisms of Mohandas Gandhi’s work and person are arising with unusual force. These charges, including the charge of racism, disturb the picture the world has of Gandhi. This chapter sketches out a portrait of the Gandhi who is charged with racism and the position in society he occupies. It offers a profile of the Gandhi who emerges after these attacks and suggests the position in society that the post-criticism Gandhi should occupy.