Gandhiji was a racist, says new book endorsed by Arundhati Roy – Firstpost

Gandhiji was a racist, says new book endorsed by Arundhati Roy – Firstpost – An explosive new book portraying Gandhi as a rabid racist and an unashamed flag-bearer for the British Empire has provoked a heated debate, pitting his admirers against his critics, even before it is out. What’s more, it comes with an endorsement from author Arundhati Roy, who has riled Gandhi-tes in the past by calling him a defender of the caste system and an upholder of oppressive gender relations. She has hailed the book as a “serious challenge to the way we have been taught to think about Gandhi’’. “This is a wonderful demonstration of meticulously researched, evocative, clear-eyed and fearless history-writing. It uncovers a story, some might even call it a scandal, that has remained hidden in plain sight for far too long,’’ she writes. Getty ImageGetty Image Getty Image Authored by two prominent South African academics of Indian origin , The South African Gandhi: Stretcher-Bearer of Empire, casts him as a white supremacist who spewed hatred against native Africans during his time as a lawyer in South Africa between 1893 and 1914.