Quite an understatement. Gandhi, as potrayed by Ben Kingsley, was a saint. The actual historical figure was, among other things, a young officer in the Boers’ army who *supported* Apartheid (as long as Hindus and “kaffirs” were granted separate status; he didn’t mind being second to whites, but he abhorred the idea of being on a level with blacks).

And then there’s the story of Gandhi’s late wife and “Western medicine”… (Google it for a shock)