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The digital album on this website pays homage to the art of the child as archived in Mumbai’s Gandhi Museum located in Mani Bhavan. This section of the website offers a deeper consideration of some of the themes and concerns of these paintings, and also provides a broader context in which to place them. 

Image Credits (Left to Right)

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

Kunal, Gandhiji in Western Dress, Standard VIII, V.L.N. High School, Mumbai, 2017
Image courtesy Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya and Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, Mumbai

C.N. Row, Mahatma Gandhi Born 2nd October 1869 (From the Latest Snapshot Study), chromolithograph published by Gaya Press, Calcutta, c. 1920s
Image courtesy ACSAA/Artstor, University of Michigan

Meghna, Gandhi and His Ashram, Standard VI, Pragnya Bodhini High School, Mumbai, 2002
Image courtesy Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya and Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, Mumbai

Aunsh, Gandhiji and Kasturba: Satyameva Jayate [Truth alone triumphs], Standard IX, Balmohan Vidyamandir, Mumbai, 2011
Image courtesy Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya and Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, Mumbai

Shubhangi, Gandhiji Picking up Salt, Standard VI, S.M. Shetty High School, 2013
Image courtesy Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya and Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, Mumbai

Aditya, Gandhiji in the Jail, Standard VI, St Joseph’s High School, Mumbai, 2014
Image courtesy Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya and Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, Mumbai

Abhijit, Gandhiji while Writing, Standard V, S.M. Shetty High School, Mumbai, 2014
Image courtesy Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya and Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, Mumbai

Ankur, Gandhi’s Charkha, Standard IV, M.V.N. School, Mumbai, 2012
Image courtesy Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya and Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, Mumbai

Shrutika, Symbols, Standard III, Bright Start School, Mumbai, 2008
Image courtesy Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya and Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, Mumbai

Mukesh, Patshala [school], painting on wall, Eternal Gandhi Museum, New Delhi, 2007
Image courtesy Bharat Parekh, Mumbai

R. Vinod Roy, Untitled, chromolithograph with copyright credit to R.V. Kamat, n.d.
Image courtesy Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna