Acharya Prashant addresses the question of why Mahatma Gandhi, despite being revered globally, is often abused in his own country, particularly on social media. He posits that those who abuse Gandhi are not genuinely interested in him or his life; they have not read his works or understood his philosophy. Instead, they attack him because he has become a symbol of values they wish to destroy. For instance, those wanting to create an illiberal or communally fractured society must first tear down the symbols of liberalism and communal harmony, which Gandhi represents. Therefore, abusing Gandhi is a means to an end for them, an attempt to 'kill Gandhi again' to clear the path for their own ideologies. The speaker acknowledges that Gandhi was a complex human being with flaws and that even his contemporaries like Nehru, Patel, Ambedkar, and Bose had significant disagreements with him. He mentions specific instances where Gandhi's decisions could be questioned, such as his involvement in the Khilafat movement, his views on the self-contained village economy, his emphasis on the handloom, and his sometimes superstitious beliefs. However, he distinguishes between legitimate criticism and the vituperative slander that is prevalent today. He points out the irony that those who claim to be religious are the ones attacking a man who insisted on bringing religion and morality into public life. Acharya Prashant argues that the accusation of Gandhi making Indians cowardly is fundamentally flawed. He explains that the core of Indian spirituality, from Gautam Buddha to the Jains, has always been about conquering oneself first—the inner battle. This, he asserts, is the greatest courage. The ability to fight external battles effectively comes only after one has won the internal one. He uses the term 'Shatrubodh' (knowledge of the enemy) to explain that one must first know oneself to truly identify the real enemy. He concludes that the current trend of abusing Gandhi is an ugly and indecent environment, where people attack what they do not understand to serve their own agendas.