On Gandhiji's tangible / intangible legacy
Is all well that ends well? Look at the cast - James Otis, a NY auction house, Sant Singh Chatwal, Vijay Mallya, the Indian Govt, and the vulture-like media. The drama played out over two weeks, on several stages - busy Manhattan, consul's chambers, editors' desks, and newsrooms. Quoting from the article " High drama at NY Gandhi auction " - "Were the items really worth $1.8m"? and "...it might have been easier had there not been so much media interest". This is where I like to sort the priceless from the valueless . On a certain level - the items may be valueless, on an altogether different plane they are priceless. So you decide who are the heroes (anti-heroes?) / villians / props. I agree on the media irresponsibility - of late, more media (un)professionals in more media groups in more countries are trying to catch and hang on to invisible threads and substance-less matter for their own minute-to-hour pleasure. This has sadly become their means ...