Is it fashionable to hate Gandhi? A number of think-pieces may suggest it is, with varying degrees of success. The rehabilitation of Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse, even by Lok Sabha MPs, also contributes to this general sense, and no one knows it better than Milan Thakkar.
Thakkar, 32, a former convict from Ahmedabad, freely admits he “used to hate Bapu”, he would “abuse” Gandhi’s photo if he ever came across it. He drank from the well of WhatsApp forwards, growing heated at the thought that Gandhi “ensured Pakistan got Rs 55 crore”, and “didn’t allow Sardar Patel to become prime minister”.
