Opinion – The paradox of leadership: Gandhi’s transformation through inconsistencies. photo shows Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, addressing Indian community in South Africa, 1910

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi addressing an Indian community audience in South Africa, 1910. Gandhi established a community called ‘Tolstoy Farm’ near Johannesburg, where he nurtured his policy of peaceful resistance. [photo: World History Archive/ Alamy]