Goddamn @$$holes. Especially the west doesn't understand that the roots of where all this comes from. Gandhi drew most of his inspiration from the sadhus of aincient times who conquered and bcame gods themselves by fasting, prayer, tapasya and brahmacharya. Fact is that every time he faced a challenge he thought he could overcome this by great discipline. Especially towards the end the challenges became greater ad greater as India inched closer to independence and during that phase this idea began to manifest itself in increasing 'exerises' to make himself 'better' to face them. Sleeping close to a naked girl while not getting aroused was the ultimate indication of being 'fit' to lead people. I don't subscribe to this but then my accomplishments also aren't anywhere close to his, who am I to question?