Mohandas Gandhi's life has so many aspects to talk about and criticise that it cannot be covered in a single article, so in this piece we will be focusing majorly on Gandhi and his Brahmacharya. Gandhi’s embrace of Brahmacharya that included abstinence from sexual relationships began when he was in his late 30’s and they were part of his experiments with truth, and they did not stop with abstinence. He wanted to verify if he was able to control his temptation in a real-life situation: being unclothed with naked women in his presence. Furthermore, it was not a one-time experiment. Instead, it became a routine practice which he shockingly carried out with his underage grandniece. Undoubtedly, Gandhi wanted to demonstrate to the world that he had gained mastery over his senses, temptations, and shortcomings of the mind. With unabashed pride, Gandhi disclosed the details of his experiments to his associates on numerous occasions a...
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