They're still stuck with the caste system. It only takes somebody outside of India to understood Gandhi more than within it's own native land.

Oh. And to the original title: those are one of the first four words the Indians taught me of their language. So how can it be so offensive if it's also the same people who taught me those words?

"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach