Hindus want Montblanc to donate some Gandhi pen profits to Gandhi charities
September 30th, 2009 - 4:39 pm ICT by Sampurn WireHindus are urging Montblanc to donate part of the profits from just launched Mahatma Gandhi limited edition pens to charities involved in promoting Gandhi’s works/ideas/philosophy.
These white-gold writing instruments depicting Gandhi holding lathi (cudgel), inspired by Gandhi’s 241-mile 1930 Dandi March, are priced up to about USD 29,000, and include a hand-crafted rhodium plated 18-carat gold nib.
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that
Mahatma Gandhi worked for the welfare of all and in the same spirit, Montblanc should go beyond the mercantile greed and help the organizations working to spread Gandhi’s message of peace.
Montblanc, launched in 1906, and based in Hamburg (Germany) with operations in over 70 countries, has been known as maker of sophisticated high-quality writing instruments, but it has now added luxury leather goods, jewelry, eyewear, fragrance and watches to its products list. Its parent company Richemont, headquartered in Geneva (Switzerland), owns several of the world’s leading companies in luxury goods. Johann Rupert is its executive chairman while Norbert Platt is CEO.
-Sampurn Media
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