Making Money Off the Mahatma
For shame! Auctioning off Gandhiji’s meager posessions is an infamy. “Because Gandhi had so few possessions, the sale is expected to attract huge attention from across the world.” From the BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7886389.stm
More from the BBC: A number of Members of the Indian Parliament (one of the Houses of the bicameral legislature in India) are calling for intervention by the Republic of India.
“One minister suggested the government should enter the auction and buy the items, which he described as part of India’s heritage.”
“The sandals were given to a British army officer in 1931 before talks in London about Indian self-rule.”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7888850.stm