Oh' Dear Mahatma Times Have Changed!

My sincere thanks and gratitude to Dr Vijay Mallya MP and CEO of UB Group for spending over 1.8 million US dollars to bring back the personal belongings of the "The father of The Nation". In the past also Dr Mallya has spent a substantial sum to bring back to India, "The Sword of The Tipu Sultan".

All his life "The Mahatma" as he was popularly called in those days in contrast to now; when he is called more commonly; by his surname, Gandhiji, fought for one very important cause out of many, that is "ban on the use of liquor".

Incidentally "The Mahatma" is also the "Father of Nation". I do not know, in what circumstances "The Mahatma's" very few personal belongings (seen here in 2nd picture) went out in private collectors' hand but the irony is that it took hoteliers and liquor barons to pitch in on behalf of the son's, daughters and even his own blood borne great grand son, Tushar Gandhi (who was also sleeping for several years till this auction was announcced!) to save "The Father's" belongings.

The nation's government found herself helpless, quoting a high court's order! Well, don't we all know about this kind of silly escapades, right from a babu to the top man in the country always has a rule to hide behind either to do some thing utterly selfish or not do something righteous. They find where they break a rule for the good and better of others! The real reason could be anything but one thing is sure that "the real GANDHI" is dead and buried and there is no place for him in the heart of the nation, barring a few exceptions like the one who were bidding at the New York auction house Antiquorum, in the for the nation's pride!. I would like to call it nation's pride because it suits. Calling it a ego trip emanating from the power and egotistical aura that these philanthropist's have acquired due to stinking wealth from all that "the Mahatma" fought will be literally demeaning their kind gesture!

One more thing I would like to express about the rules, that rules are guidance to create a uniformity of actions of many who are supposed to follow them. Times change and so should rules, if rules are to stay alive for a living society. They ought to be as dynamic as society is or else they help in stalling the progress of the very society they were made to help regulate .