Have I really not posted here since May 2006??? Yikes. Here's one, however, from my recent trip to India which qualifies for inclusion in the Caribbean Free Photo lineup.
One of the many fabulous things I did while in New Delhi was visit the Indira Gandhi Memorial museum, which is located in the surprisingly modest-looking bungalow on Safdarjung Road where Mrs. Gandhi lived for 20 years, and where she was murdered by one of her security guards in October 31, 1984.
I love small, personal museums (Victor Hugo's house in Paris is one of my all-time favourites) and the Gandhi memorial is particularly fine, its artifacts -- which include both personal effects and items acquired by Mrs. Gandhi in her capacity as a head of state, in addition to numerous press documents and press clippings, family photos and the garments she was wearing when she was killed -- simply and exquisitely offset by clean white walls. There's also a section touchingly dedicated to Mrs. Gandhi's son Rajiv, who succeeded his mother as Prime Minister and was himself assassinated during an election campaign. Nikipedia observed that one of the many striking things about the collection was that the documentation seemed free of Congress Party propaganda, or at least it did to us. Which may just account for the museum's popularity: according to this BBC article, the place can attract up to 10,000 people a day, and the day we visited we were indeed part of a throng (comprising what appeared to be mainly Indian nationals) snaking through the building. I should probably add that it was one of the few public places we visited in India where we didn't have to pay an admission fee.
Nikipedia and I were delighted to see information about Mrs. Gandhi's visit to Trinidad in October 1968 occupying quite a prominent place in the collection (this document has a detailed section on bilateral relations between India and Trinidad). Mounted on the wall among several clippings from Trinidad newspapers (the Trinidad Guardian, for one, produced a special supplement to mark the occasion) was a key to the city of Port of Spain. A wee tot at the time, I have only very vague recollections of the Gandhi visit, but maybe some of you who weren't so wee have clearer ones. If so, please share!
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Have I really not posted here since May 2006??? Yikes. Here's one, however, from my recent trip to India which qualifies for inclusion in the Caribbean Free Photo lineup.
One of the many fabulous things I did while in New Delhi was visit the Indira Gandhi Memorial museum, which is located in the surprisingly modest-looking bungalow on Safdarjung Road where Mrs. Gandhi lived for 20 years, and where she was murdered by one of her security guards in October 31, 1984.
I love small, personal museums (Victor Hugo's house in Paris is one of my all-time favourites) and the Gandhi memorial is particularly fine, its artifacts -- which include both personal effects and items acquired by Mrs. Gandhi in her capacity as a head of state, in addition to numerous press documents and press clippings, family photos and the garments she was wearing when she was killed -- simply and exquisitely offset by clean white walls. There's also a section touchingly dedicated to Mrs. Gandhi's son Rajiv, who succeeded his mother as Prime Minister and was himself assassinated during an election campaign. Nikipedia observed that one of the many striking things about the collection was that the documentation seemed free of Congress Party propaganda, or at least it did to us. Which may just account for the museum's popularity: according to this BBC article, the place can attract up to 10,000 people a day, and the day we visited we were indeed part of a throng (comprising what appeared to be mainly Indian nationals) snaking through the building. I should probably add that it was one of the few public places we visited in India where we didn't have to pay an admission fee.
Nikipedia and I were delighted to see information about Mrs. Gandhi's visit to Trinidad in October 1968 occupying quite a prominent place in the collection (this document has a detailed section on bilateral relations between India and Trinidad). Mounted on the wall among several clippings from Trinidad newspapers (the Trinidad Guardian, for one, produced a special supplement to mark the occasion) was a key to the city of Port of Spain. A wee tot at the time, I have only very vague recollections of the Gandhi visit, but maybe some of you who weren't so wee have clearer ones. If so, please share!
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January 10th, 2007 at 11:56 am
[...] Caribbean Free Photo posts a photo of the Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum in Delhi, India, and expresses delight at discovering that Trinidad occupies “quite a prominent place” in the museum’s collection. Georgia Popplewell [...]
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