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>> Indo German Film Club: Programme
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For audio visual documentation of the events visit this page >> Monday, May 7, 2007, 18:00 hrs.: Festival programme on the occassion of Rabindranath Tagore's 146th birth anniversary Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore: In the Service of Humanity - Photographs - Report (pdf) Discussion leader: Dr. Hiltrud Rüstau Venue: Indian Embassy, Tiergartenstrasse 16-17, 10785 Berlin The entrance is free. Jointly organised by the Indian Embassy in Germany and the GandhiServe Foundation. >> Monday, September 17 - Friday, October 26: Mahatma Gandhi's Peace March through Bihar - A Photographer's Account Venue: Indian Embassy, Tiergartenstrasse 16-17, 10785 Berlin Opening hours: Mon - Fri, 16 - 17 hrs. (except 3rd October) The inauguration of the exhibit takes place on September 17, 18:00 hrs at the Indian Embassy. The entrance to the exhibit is free. On the eve of India's independence, Hindu and Muslim India was in the throes of civil war. All the government forces were powerless to stop the massacres occurring almost daily on both sides. Gandhi, because he taught and lived the brotherhood of all religions, was hated intensely by many Hindus and Muslims alike. The bloodshed and destruction touched the very depths of his being. Though in his mid-seventies he went straight to the heart of the violence and walked barefoot through the remote ravaged villages of Bihar state as a one-man force for peace, dependent even for his food on the mercy of his enemies. Only a few persons accompanied Gandhi on his March. One of them was photographer Jagan Mehta from Ahmedabad. His unique photographs document Gandhi's agony, his tears and grief. "I've come to assure you trust, what else? I can give my blood, too. What else do you need?" said Gandhi to Muslims in order to maintain trust and confidence in Hindus. Mehta captured Gandhi's peace efforts with yet unseen personal and intimate photographs. This exhibit is a precious historic document that also gives a rare insight in Gandhi's emotional life. Jagan Mehta (1909-2003), learnt painting under the famous Indian painter, Shri Ravishankar Raval at his school Kumar Karyalaya at Ahmedabad, Gujarat/India. In 1934 Mehta studied mechanical photography at Vienna, Austria. A self-developed skill in photography and the painter's insight resulted into fine compositions, sensitivity and peotic perspective in his photographs. Since the first snap taken of Mahatma Gandhi in 1933, he had the craving to document his life in posterity. Jagan Mehta joined the independence movement and was able to capture Gandhi's inner turmoil during his last peace march to Bihar in early 1947. Lateron Jagan Mehta taught photography at C.N. Fine Arts College, Ahmedabad, and was a founder member of Niharika, the club of Gujarat pictorialists. His photographs were exhibited at various places in India and abroad, and received several awards. Jointly organised by the Indian Embassy in Germany and the GandhiServe Foundation. This event forms part of the Asia Pacific Weeks Berlin 2007. >> Tuesday, October 16, 18:00 hrs.: Festival programme on the occassion of Mahatma Gandhi's 138th birth anniversary and the International Day of Nonviolence Mahatma Gandhi - Nonviolence as Principle of Life Venue: Indian Embassy, Tiergartenstrasse 16-17, 10785 Berlin The entrance to the programme is free. Jointly organised by the Indian Embassy in Germany and the GandhiServe Foundation. E-mail us for more information. |