Mahatma Gandhi was casteist and racist: US-based writer Sujatha Gidla at JLF

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According to a story published in Hindustan Times Mahatma Gandhi was a “casteist and racist” who wanted to preserve the caste system and paid lip service to Dalit upliftment for political gain, Indian American writer Sujatha Gidla said here on Monday.

Gandhi only wished to “prettify” the caste system, the New York based Dalit writer said at the Jaipur Literature Festival.


Sujata Gidla is a writer who published a book Ants Among Elephants