He removed the statue of another slave trader, Robert Milligan, and called for a review of all statues. Campaigners in Leicester and London even want a Gandhi statue to go. A university in Ghana removed a statue of him in 2018; another Gandhi statue in Johannesburg was daubed with white paint in 2015 (the city council hastily scrubbed it off). It gets trickier with Roosevelt, Churchill and Gandhi. Read Salil’s previous Mint columns at www.livemint.com/saliltripathiSubscribe to newsletters * Enter a valid email * Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter.

Source: Mint June 24, 2020 16:07 UTC