Saving Bapu Legacy

• Have other Bapu items, ready to talk: Otis

  The US-based collector James Otis, who was in the news recently for auctioning a set of Mahatma Gandhi's personal belongings, has claimed he has rarer items of the father of the nation including his blood drops which he was ready to ",negotiate", with the Indian government to return.These articles include the original of 'Harijan', a journal edited...

• Bapu's item auction money to be donated

  American collector James Otis, who had put several items belonging to Mahatma Gandhi in an auction where they were bought by liquor baron and MP Vijay Mallya, is in India.Speaking to NDTV, Otis said Mallya and he were coming up with a combined list of 'peaceful' organisations, which would be beneficiaries of the money generated in the auction.Otis ...

• Otis' latest bid to get back Bapu items

  James Otis, who claims ownership of Mahatma Gandhi's personal items, has appointed a new attorney to represent him.Otis now wants the five items back which industrialist and liquor baron Vijay Mallya had purchased for $1.8 million in the auction and has been in contact with Antiquorum Auctioneers.His former attorney Ravi Batra, who on Friday had sa...

• Bapu's heritage stuck in red tape

  As the news of auction of Mahatma Gandhi's items spread in India, everyone's message on the was loud and clear that they should be back in India. And liquor baron Vijay Mallya made that successful bid to bring them home.Though Vijay Mallya, the new owner of the Mahatma's belongings says he wants to donate them to the Indian government, neither the ...

• UPA didn't contact me over Bapu's belongings: Mallya

  Mahatma Gandhi's possessions went under the hammer but they look like they are heading to India. Liquor baron Vijay Mallya bid and won Gandhi's memorabilia at a New York auction on Thursday for Rs 9 crore.And as the news spread, a relieved UPA government proudly claimed that they had got back Bapu's belongings with Mallya's help.But the fact has be...

• No govt role in reclaiming Bapu's belongings: Mallya

  Flamboyant industrialist Vijay Mallya appeared displeased at the government's claim that it had arranged for procurement of Mahatma Gandhi's personal effects through him, saying his participation in the auction was purely a personal decision and a matter of pride.",I have not had any dialogue or any conversation with anybody in the government. This...

• Govt secured items through Mallya: Soni

  Mahatma Gandhi's belongings including a pair of his iconic glasses were auctioned in New York where they were bought by India's liquor and airline baron Vijay Mallya. He bought them for 1.8 million dollars which is about Rs 9 crore. India's Union Minister for Culture, Ambika Soni who had earlier said that the Indian government would do all it could...

• Mallya saves Bapu's legacy, buys belongings for Rs 9 cr

  Mahatma Gandhi's belongings, including a pair of his iconic glasses, have been auctioned off and the buyer is India's liquor and airline baron Vijay Mallya.Mallya bought Bapu's belongings for $1.8 million, which's about Rs 9 crore.His representative, Tony Bedi, bid for the items. The items went under the hammer amid last minute high drama as James ...

• Now, Otis claims to have Bapu's ashes, blood sample

  The US-based owner of Mahatma Gandhi's memorabilia, slated to go under the hammer, has for the first time said that he also has a sample of Mahatma Gandhi's ashes, and blood collected from the site of the assassination.James Otis, who gave Antiquorum auctioneers Gandhi's iconic watch, glasses, a plate, a bowl and a pair of sandals for auction, said...

• PM has authorised govt to bid for Bapu's artefacts: Soni

  Union Minister for Tourism and Culture Ambika Soni has told NDTV that the Indian government will do everything possible to ensure that Mahatma Gandhi's belongings are brought back to India with or without auction.She said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has, in fact, authorised the government to bid for the items if all other efforts fail.The st...

• Last bid to save Bapu's memorabilia?

  Mahatma Gandhi's belongings go under the hammer on Thursday and as that deadline draws near India is making a last-ditch effort to save a slice of history. It is now considering asking the US State Department to intervene.And if that does not work, several high profile NRIs say they are ready to form a group and jointly bid for Gandhi's belongings ...

• Last-ditch efforts to save Bapu's belongings

  India was on Wednesday making last-ditch attempts to stop Thursday's auction of Mahatma Gandhi's personal items in New York and is even seeking the US State Department's intervention, as it prepared to negotiate with the US-based owner of the memorabilia to settle the issue. Personal belongings of Gandhi - his metal-rimmed glasses, a pocket watch, ...

• Government contacts owner of Bapu's belongings

  Indian diplomats here are making all out efforts to stop the auction of Mahatma Gandhi's personal items, even as community leaders and groups are working out strategies to buy them if the auction goes ahead on Thursday.After a high-level meeting with the top diplomats of the Indian Consulate today, the Antiquorum Auctioneers promised to convey thei...

• Government's bid to save Bapu's belongings

  The Indian government is now trying to ensure that Mahatma Gandhi's personal belongings are not auctioned to private bidders in America.The belongings include Bapu's iconic metal rimmed glasses, his sandals and his pocket watch.The government will approach the owners directly and ask them not to sell them but hand them over to India instead.If owne...