DARK SHADES

I've never been quick to deify Gandhi or hold him up as an example of pure pacifism. Cited below are some sources on this matter... From Richard Shenkman's  Legends, Lies, and Myths of World History : Gandhi, for starters, had some very strange beliefs. When he was older, he preached that a couple should have sex only three of four times in their lives - although he engaged in a lot of sex when he was younger. He liked to sleep in the nude with naked young women to test his vow of chastity - apparently, sleeping nude with his wife wasn't much of a test. History doesn't record what she thought of this, but I can imagine  my  wife having a few choice words to say about such a situation. Speaking of his wife, she died when he refused to allow her to get life saving shot of penicillin after she contracted pneumonia. He was, you see, opposed to modern medicine. But not fanatically opposed, since after her death he allowed himself to be treated with quinine for his ma...