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Mallya happy to bring Gandhi's heritage back to India
Published on Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 07:40, Updated on Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 07:48 in 
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Washington: Indian liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya is very pleased with his purchase of a set of Mahatma Gandhi's personal belongings including his iconic round-rimmed spectacles as he is bringing the national heritage home.
Tony Bedi, the representative of Mallya, the Bangalore-based liquor and aviation baron who bought the items for $1.8 mn at an auction in New York, said his client is "really pleased with the purchase" as "he is bringing the heritage of the items back to India".
The circumstances of the auction were unusual, Bedi was quoted as saying by the New York Times.
Los Angeles collector, James Otis "had a double mind at the last moment," Bedi said, adding that he did not think Otis's change of heart would prevent the sale from being finalised.
Inside the auction room was a mix between elite Indian-born businessmen and diehard watch collectors. One of the potential bidder was Sant Singh Chatwal, an Indian-American businessman who is close to former president Bill Clinton.
"I made up my mind to go up to maybe half a million," Chatwal, told the Times in a phone interview before the auction. "We'll see how it goes."
"Anything when it comes to Gandhi is emotional, sentimental and patriotic when it comes to Indians," said Shyan Gulati, chief executive of the Infopeople Corp, an information technology company based on Wall Street.
Describing the scene at the auction house as a Who's Who of New York's Indian elite, Gulati said: "In the last ten years, Indian professionals are doing extremely well all over the world and they'd like to contribute."
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Watched Mr Guha,historian,commenting about Mr Vijay Mallya.
My question to him, if Mr. Mallya is liquor baron how does
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Today Mr.Vijay Mallaya has proved to the world that only True Indian Spirit flows out of the United Spirits Bottles.
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Wherever there is an illegal activity Dr Vijay Mallya is there. Have a closer look at his heritage and pedigree
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ultimately it needed a beer company to buy the items for India. we should lift the alcohol ban on 2nd
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INIDAs Heritage , Gandhis Belonging .....liquor money to get it back ....interesting ......Im sure Gandhiji must be twiching in his
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