As the dust settles down on Vijay Mallya’s flight to a less-troublesome existence in a London suburb, away from the heat that threatened to engulf him in Bangalore, it is clear that more than anything else it was his flamboyance and flaunting of a lavish lifestyle that did the high-flying NRI industrialist in.
Be it the bankers, the officials, the taxmen, the media, the cops and his erstwhile and present employees whose hard-earned money he was not paying, all eyes were focused on this once-powerful individual who made it his business to live beyond his means and to show off his aristocratic style.
Mallya not only flaunted his wealth, but also his love for pretty women, his relish for liquor of which he was a baron and his indulgence in horse racing. In short, his lifestyle was the very antithesis of Indian hypocrisy and he was the very embodiment of what we like to hypocritically call sinfulness.
This is not to say that Mallya was not all pompousness and that he was not to be blamed for his indiscretions, which were legion. The scantily-clad calendar girls whose curves he laid bare reflected his extravagance and love for style. As he boasted in characteristic style, many, including media men, were eating out of his palms.
23/03/16 Kamlendra Kanwar/Daily News & Analysis
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Be it the bankers, the officials, the taxmen, the media, the cops and his erstwhile and present employees whose hard-earned money he was not paying, all eyes were focused on this once-powerful individual who made it his business to live beyond his means and to show off his aristocratic style.
Mallya not only flaunted his wealth, but also his love for pretty women, his relish for liquor of which he was a baron and his indulgence in horse racing. In short, his lifestyle was the very antithesis of Indian hypocrisy and he was the very embodiment of what we like to hypocritically call sinfulness.
This is not to say that Mallya was not all pompousness and that he was not to be blamed for his indiscretions, which were legion. The scantily-clad calendar girls whose curves he laid bare reflected his extravagance and love for style. As he boasted in characteristic style, many, including media men, were eating out of his palms.
23/03/16 Kamlendra Kanwar/Daily News & Analysis
