B is for Bapu: Gandhi in the Art of the Child in Modern India
This project pays tribute to the art produced by child artists of Mumbai on Mahatma Gandhi—or Bapu—the father of the nation. It draws on their colorful paintings to show the importance of the child in the making of the Mahatma.
Image Credits (Left to Right)
M.F. Husain, Young Maqbool paints Gandhi on blackboard, ink on paper, c. 2010
Illustration in handwritten autobiography in Urdu, Maqbool Husain ki Kahani Apni Zubaani. Ahmedabad: Archer, 2010
Image courtesy Anil Relia, Ahmedabad
Elvin, Gandhiji of My Imagination, Standard X, Don Bosco High School, Mumbai, 2016
Image courtesy Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya and Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, Mumbai
Sairaj, Gandhiji with Stick and Child, Standard X, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Vidyalaya, Mumbai, 2015
Image courtesy Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya and Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, Mumbai
Kartvya, Untitled, Standard VI, Matunga Premier School, Mumbai, 2016
Image courtesy Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya and Gandhi Smarak, Mumbai
