Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (KM)
Mangalore, Nov 30: “If you are a keen student or an avid reader of history, it does not surprise you that history text books must be supplemented with travelling. But unfortunately all students are not privileged, for such students here comes an opportunity of taking a tour on the Indian history,” said Gowri, a student of city based Ganapathi pre- university College explaining about “Nirdhar Darshan”, an exhibition.
Nirdhar Darshan, a five-day exhibition of Indian history, is organized by directorate of cultural affairs, government of India in association with government of Maharastra, said Arun Patil, in-charge of the organizing committee of exhibition.
The said exhibition is held at Dr K Shivaram Karanth Hall, University College here. It was inaugurated on Thursday November 29, by Idinabba, litterateur and former president of Kannada Development Authority.
The said exhibition gives a vivid account of the Indian history between 1857 and 1947, which are watersheds in the Indian freedom struggle. Though the exhibition was organized within the four walls, it was not deterred from speaking about the Indian history, during its formative years, in volumes.
The details displayed in the exhibition highlighted two landmarks, without which the Indian history would be incomplete. The birth anniversary of Bhagat Singh is one of the landmarks and another landmark highlighted is the sipoy mutiny of 1857.
One may be surprised to see that the exhibition had neither a movie to screen nor any resource person to deliver marathon lecturers. Here the silence in the words uttered by the historical persons and immovable movements of the kings and queens and velour of consorts like Rani Laxmi Bai conveyed the facts in the past. In short it proved that history need not be controversial always but ought to be informative forever.
The exhibition recalled the Indian history and gave the comprehensive and comprehensible account. It proved the fact that the Indian history is not only individual sacrifice but also the collective efforts.
“History may be popular and famous but need not be completely understood. Hence government of India in association with concerned departments conducts exhibitions all over India,” said Uttam Gaurav, in-charge of the organizing committee of exhibition.
“However it is indisputable that history is the heap of facts, but has been held tight by chronology. Here I strongly felt that history is not the phenomena of begotten times, rather it is still contemporary in its significance,” remarked Ashwitha, student of Sri Ganapathi pre-university College.
Mangalore is one of the few cities, where the support from the visitors is indeed encouraging. Students from various schools and colleges paid visit to the exhibition.
The exhibition was a microcosmic heritage centre, as the history made the visitors centered and students centric and specific. Reconstructed models of Netaji's uniform, spinning wheel of Gandhiji and the gun of Mangal Pande were the centre of attraction.