The great Mahatma Gandhi was of course known as an extremely spiritual person, seeking more peace and enlightenment every day of his life. It is also reported in some circles that he walked barefoot everywhere and as a result the skin on soles of his feet became quite thick and hard. He was also known for using the hunger strike as a peaceful form of protest and this led at times to his being quite weakened physically; he was quite thin and frail. When he DID eat it was often heavily spiced as the cuisine of his country is wont to be. Due to this infrequent curried diet and the frequent wasting caused by his self imposed starvation, his breath was not enjoyable to be on the receiving end of, by all accounts. In short, he was a super-calloused fragile mystic plagued with halitosis.