Gandhi: Behind the Mask of Divinity

Gandhi: Behind the Mask of Divinity is a biographical book about Mahatma Gandhi by United States Army officer G. B. Singh. It claims to challenge his image as a saintly, benevolent, and pacifistic leader of Indian independence, told through Gandhi's own writings and actions over the course of his life. The book claims that Gandhi emulated racism from the Hindu caste system, towards the blacks of South Africa and the untouchables, instigated ethnic hatred against foreign communities, and, to this end, was involved in covering up the killing of American engineer William Francis Doherty. Singh puts forward that the portrayal of Gandhi as a great leader is "the work of the Hindu propaganda machine" and Christian clergy with ulterior motives; and, furthermore, it was based on irrationality and deception which historians have failed to critically examine.