Record price for Gandhi letters

A series of signed and autographed letters by Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru sold almost for double the pre-sale estimates at a Sotheby’s auction here on Tuesday.

Three of Gandhi’s autographed letters to Islamic scholar and leading figure in the Khilafat movement, Maulana Abdul Bari, in Urdu with an estimated price of £ 2,500-3,000 sold for £4,750 at the auction of English literature, history, children’s books and illustrations that saw a total sale of £9,04,775.

They refer to HinduMuslim relations, including communal tension in Lucknow and their personal friendship. Writing one letter from prison, Gandhi thanks Bari for gifting cotton for spinning.

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Students throng Urdu, Punjabi language counselling session

To guide students planning to study Punjabi and Urdu languages, Delhi Minorities Commission, in association with Punjabi Helpline, an NGO, and the Urdu and Punjabi departments of the Delhi University organised a counselling session-cum-workshop at the conference centre in North Campus.

A platform for interaction between students and members of the Commission, heads of concerned departments and principals of various colleges, the session was attended by more than 200 aspirants and parents.

Talking about the origin of the idea, Pushpinder Singh, member of Delhi Minorities Commission, said: “The issue was raised in the Sikh advisory committee meeting of the Minorities Commission on the grounds that languages are not being promoted and encouraged.”

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