Firm unveils $24,763 Gandhi pen
Montblanc offering leaves some in India puzzled, some angry
Posted: October 3, 2009 at 7:25 a.m.
A billboard Thursday in New Delhi, India, advertises a limited-edition Montblanc pen.
German pen-maker Montblanc International GMBH launched a limited-edition commemorative $24,763 fountain pen in honor of Mohandas Gandhi this week, just in time for Friday's 140th anniversary of the birth of the Mahatma - or "Great Soul."
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