PENNING AWAY TO DO A GANDHI!!?

Happy B'day Bapu!

October 2.

An important date. I've lived through 21 of them, but remember having attached meaning to only about 15. I've tried and failed time and again at scoring ten on ten when it came to practicing all what he preached. But I know that I'll keep trying at it; and one day, I'll live up to his ideals...YES! I swear by my beating heart, that that day is not far!

he he heh... I like to get dramatic sometimes.

But there's another drama being staged. 'Inspired by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's iconic Dandi March in 1930 to protest against the British salt tax', a French company comes out with 241 (which isn't just another fancy prime number, but the number of miles it took Bapu to march all the way to Dandi) pieces of white gold pens. The price of these high-end 'writing instruments' is placed at around Rs 14 lakhs apiece, according to a Hindu newspaper item. The pen has gold entwined around the middle, symbolizing the yarn that Gandhi spun on a daily basis, plus a gold nib with a figure of Gandhi and his lathi carved on it.

Tushar Gandhi and the much talked about special edition Mont Blanc pen. Photo: Paul Noronha, The Hindu

Whoa! Call me bourgeoisie, but I'd rather buy an apartment or maybe a sedan with that kind of money. Or would it take a special edition Mont Blanc pen to kindle the spirit of Gandhi within? Well, I wouldn't know. Although some 241 people worldwide soon might.

A little bit of common sense brings me to seriously doubt it.

;-)

the Guy Next Door