Gandhi's rare pics, wares on display
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VADODARA: Imagine Mahatma Gandhi's portrait with a gun and a rifle! Or, a 1947-made 'Bapu' lock with the Mahatma's caricature embossed on it. These are just two of the hundreds of posters, portraits, stamps, paintings, sketches and newspaper cuttings that are part of private collection of 57-year-old Atul Shah.
This collection will be displayed at Shah's small pen shop cum residence in the Kothi area of the city under exhibition titled 'Gandhi Jagvandana' from October 2-8.
The collection that will be open for a week for public view includes the Diwali special issue of 'The Navyug' published on October 31, 1948 where one can see Gandhi's picture being used by a film distributor - Patel India Limited - to announce a documentary on Gandhiji's life.
If you are surprised to see the apostle of non-violence with a gun, Shah says it is a fake portrait of the Mahatma. "This time the collection that I will display is artistic impression of Gandhiji. The fake portrait of the Mahatma with the gun is a sarcastic comment on those politicians who talk about non-violence but do not practice it," Shah told TOI on Friday, adding that while this portrait was sent to him by his Mumbai-based friend, who downloaded it from internet, another friend of his has sent a Bapu lock which was supposedly manufactured in 1947.
Shah's family has been collecting such rare items on Gandhiji's life for decades now.
This collection will be displayed at Shah's small pen shop cum residence in the Kothi area of the city under exhibition titled 'Gandhi Jagvandana' from October 2-8.
The collection that will be open for a week for public view includes the Diwali special issue of 'The Navyug' published on October 31, 1948 where one can see Gandhi's picture being used by a film distributor - Patel India Limited - to announce a documentary on Gandhiji's life.
If you are surprised to see the apostle of non-violence with a gun, Shah says it is a fake portrait of the Mahatma. "This time the collection that I will display is artistic impression of Gandhiji. The fake portrait of the Mahatma with the gun is a sarcastic comment on those politicians who talk about non-violence but do not practice it," Shah told TOI on Friday, adding that while this portrait was sent to him by his Mumbai-based friend, who downloaded it from internet, another friend of his has sent a Bapu lock which was supposedly manufactured in 1947.
Shah's family has been collecting such rare items on Gandhiji's life for decades now.
Read more: Gandhi's rare pics, wares on display - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/Gandhis-rare-pics-wares-on-display/articleshow/6667480.cms#ixzz11CZJQ23x
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