Tagore’s journal fetches big money at a Mumbai auction

A blue-leather journal, in which India’s Renaissance Man - Rabindranath Tagore - used to pen poetry, calculations and introspections on art between 1889-1904 went under the hammer for a whopping sum of Rs 1.7 crore at the Christie's auction in Mumbai. "It's likely to be the highest sum paid for a manuscript at an auction in India," said Sonal Singh, head of Christie's Mumbai office.

by Mihir Joshi