India, May 18 -- The response to industrialist Anand Mahindra's tweet earlier yesterday on how we should spare icons we hold sacred, particularly Mahatma Gandhi , the "beacon" of "global morality," from crude politicisation, best sums up the sentiment of the times. Somebody complimented him for "daring to speak up" on an issue that has been simmering in people's minds but given the viciousness of discourse, has been lost to fear and self-doubt. With all talk of Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse being a "patriot" or a "Hindu terrorist," everybody seems to have forgotten what the Father of the Nation stood for and why years later he continues to be a global icon, our most famous Indian and the spiritual heart of India. Most important...