Sub: Proposal
for 150th Birth Anniversary celebration of Mahatma Gandhi.
Sir / Madam,
Mahatma Gandhi was a
world citizen, respected and revered for his concern for humankind, it would be
appropriate if his life and message could be taken to a larger stream of the
society. As a profound believer in the Gandhian Ideology, I feel strongly that
Gandhiji’s life and the message should be an integral part of all our nation’s
psyche and existence on his 150th birth anniversary in 2019
.
Hena Chakraborty an artist, now President, SATYAM SHIVAM SUNDARAM Registered Trust (working in the
national interest to bring peaceful action through harmony), was associated
with the then Gandhi Darshan [now Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, N.Delhi.]
as an artist in the year 1968. She had the opportunity to prepare numerous
paintings on Gandhiji’s thoughts and philosophy as photography was very limited
and Gandhi Darshan did not have any photographic department. The mobile exhibition
was prepared by her and with a team of workers, she moved to various towns,
cities, villages and to remote Adivasi areas.
She has prepared various display sets on the
illustrious life and timeless message of this world citizen, Mahatma Gandhi, comprising
photographs, paintings, quotations, etc. The proposed sets precisely
touches upon this message and depicts through paintings, pictures, photographs
and illustrations of the life of this great man and traces the various facets
of his eventful journey that touches the heart of the entire humanity.
A section of the display also touches on the various peaceful social movements inspired by him
and how the ‘world leaders' have adopted these methods in their struggle to
establish a peaceful social order.
The display at Gandhi
Smriti, Tees January Marg, N. Delhi was prepared by her some two decades back.
She has
developed a museum with biographical photo gallery and other artifacts on ‘’Kasturba’’
at Harijan Sevak Sangha, Kingsway Camp, Delhi, founded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1932, which is the first and the only one in the World, and was
inaugurated by then Hon’ble Vice President of India, Janab Mohamad Abdul
Ansari on 6th. July 2017.
She has prepared
exhibition sets with LED lighting system, which has Solar power backup to cut
down power expense and have uninterrupted power. Traditional lighting system
consumes a huge amount of electric power and maintenance cost is very high.
The lady Kasturba [Gandhiji’s wife] who
inspired and taught Gandhiji Satyagraha is nowhere mentioned in this upcoming
event where the world will be celebrating 150th Birth Anniversary of
Mahatma Gandhi. Although she was the wife of the Father of the Nation, in her
own right she became and remains an everlasting inspiration for women and a true
symbol of Nari-Shakti. She was a fearless freedom fighter and
contributed greatly to the Satyagraha movements, both in South Africa and
India. She became a great influence on her husband who himself admits it
lovingly – ‘’ [I learned the lesson of non-violence from my wife (Kasturba) –
Mahatma Gandhi]’’.
It will be a privilege if we can come up
with new ideas to bring her into light in this 150th year of
celebration, I have prepared a digital set of 20 panels on Kasturba’s life and
achievements till her demise in Agha Khan Palace, Pune, which consists of
photographs, paintings, sketches, illustrations, etc. digitally displayed with
solar power backup of one Kilowatt -
I will feel honored if we could broaden our
horizons by connecting with your organization and work towards 150th
birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
Hena Chakraborty
President: SATYAM SHIVAM SUNDARAM
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