Your question for this paper comes from a comment Mirabehn makes at the end of the
movie, that Gandhi saw himself as having failed. Was Gandhi a failure as a leader?
The purpose of this paper is to have you reflect on what success in leadership means.
What criteria of success should a leader employ? Are there different sorts of success?
What sort of success ought a leader strive for? (I have no doubt that most of you will
argue that Gandhi was a successful leader – but how can that be so, if he failed to
achieve his overarching goal of a free and unified India? What does this tell you about
what you ought to strive for as a leader?)
