NOTHING has changed since the phrase ‘no taxation without representation’ was, apparently, coined by American lawyer James Otis in the 1760s, who wanted to end British colonisation of his nascent country, to undermine its core truth.

India today promised to buy a set of Gandhi’s personal possessions put up for auction against the country’s protests.

India stepped up its efforts to regain some of Gandhi’s possessions today after a court passed an order to prevent the sale.