A number of Ghandi´s personal possessions were sold in an auction today for GBP1.8 million in New York. Items included his trademark spectacles, his rarely changed sandals and the bowl he took his last meal. I can understand the glasses, but have no personal interest in those old shoes.
Surely no-one could dispute this guy´s greatness; a truly amazing leader!
Ghandi was very interested in Brahmacharya - spiritual and practical purity, and largely associated with celibacy and asceticism. Although his interest began early, it was only in his later years he would “experiment” by sleeping in varying degrees of clothing with naked young women. Not surprisingly, Ghandi claimed it made him “feel better:”
The brilliant British playwright, Alan Bennett wrote Father Father Burning Bright loosely based on Ghandi who left his father´s death- bed briefly to make love to his wife. On his return to his father´s side, the father is dead.
The buyer in New York, an Indian businessman, promises to return this memorabilia to India, although it is not known if they will be made available for viewing to the general public.
What about his loin cloth?
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