Indian MP wants colonial footwear to walk into the past

NEW DELHI- Heavy leather brogue shoes worn by millions of Indian school kids could become things of the past if a campaign by a leading Indian politician to get rid of the colonial relics succeeds.

Maneka Gandhi, an estranged member of India's Nehru-Gandhi dynasty and a member of parliament, has asked national education boards to instruct schools to kick out the flat-heeled brogues in favor of canvas shoes.

Gandhi, daughter-in-law of slain Indian premier Indira Gandhi and a former environment minister, described the shoes as a "legacy of the British" which ruled India as one of its colonies until 1947.