Ghandi is an iconic thought leader in principles of non-violence and mass political organizing. I find some of his insights about the importance of non-violence to be deeply insightful, and of course his writing was enormously influential on the later work of Martin Luther King Jr. Stylistically, however, I find him tiresome as he suffers from the same didactic finger-wagging that I find in the Koran and what other limited Indian literature I've read. In short, he has great ideas but he can't help but deliver them in a paternalistic style and thus he misses an opportunity to warmly invite the reader to share his perspective. It's a lot of "you should" and "should not" sort of writing. ( )