The news has sent shockwaves through the financial and sporting worlds: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) has been acquired by a consortium including the Aditya Birla Group and Blackstone for a staggering $1.78 billion (₹16,660 crore). As I read the headlines, I can’t stop thinking about the original architect of this glamour, Mr. Vijay Mallya. There is a deep, poetic irony here. Had Mallya not committed two specific criminal offences, he would very likely be sitting in the VIP balcony today, cheered on as a visionary who turned a “vanity project” into a goldmine. In fact, the sheer explosive valuation of…