4. He was a giant hypocrite.
In August 1942, Gandhi and his wife, Kasturba, were imprisoned by the British in Aga Khan Palace near Poona. While detained in the palace, Kasturba developed bronchial pneumonia. Gandhi refused ‘alien medicine’ like penicillin, which could have possibly saved her life. A mere six weeks after Kasturba died, Gandhi was infected with malaria. After three weeks of his health deteriorating, he took the drug quinine and quickly recovered.
