Gandhi’s posthumous image has been detached from the historical man

Evidence

It’s not just that the metaphor has outstripped the man. It has entirely reinvented him. (Which is why a critique of Gandhi need not automatically be taken to be a critique of all Gandhians.) Gandhi has become all things to all people: Obama loves him and so does the Occupy Movement. Anarchists love him and so does the Establishment. Narendra Modi loves him and so does Rahul Gandhi. The poor love him and so do the rich. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 90

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The martyred hero’s immortalized body blocks successors from reshaping the cause — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism…, 342