Gandhi and his ideas are actually very close to me, or rather, they are notions that are similar to the ones that I've been raised among, so I feel familiar. I was raised by a small branch of a dergah which followed the teachings of two great Anatolian philosophers, Haji Bektash Veli and Rumi(you might heard of him).
It was kind of a small sect that compiled the teachings of them and made kind of a synthesis in the cause of uniting the people of the two side. Which is kind of ironic because both Rumi and Haji Bektash Veli were the people of high principles much like Gandhi and they actually were not against each other by any means. But was it like that to their followers? Although they generally talk high of each others, one could see that they did not like each others genuinely. Even in my dergah folks would argue about their differences and soon enough they would divide and form different parties in any given matter.
Today I've chosen a different way and proclaimed myself as a free soul and I want to be not linked to any one or any being but God.
Anyway, I'm telling all these, because shortly before, I read a quote of Gandhi that says "I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."
Which is also current and can be said for Gandhi followers(referring the disputes in India), just like Rumi and Haji Bektash Veli followers. Because after all these great man are gone, the followers most likely become almost their antitheticals.
So shortly, I like Gandhi, but I do not like his followers. That been said, of course I would have no problems with someone who is studying him(like you do, babe), especially if he is sharing out what he discovers the way babe does.