Peeping into Past…. Gandhi from Swiss Lens!!
March 1930, a Swiss lens man leaves for a 20,000 km road journey, by car; and his works on our Satyagraha leader, freedom fighter, renowned for ahimsa (non-violence) worldwide, anti-British movement… all were published in his book Indien Kampft in 1931 … which as a cherished treasure have now been brought to India. Mahatma Gandhi in his daily routine, very personal moments, candid photography clicked by World famous photographer Walter Bosshard . Not only this, he travelled across Asia and captured a parallel world where Mao Zedong, another revolutionary in China, was preparing for a war. Gandhi and Mao have contrasting similarities; both have been activists taking completely different paths as fighters. One chose non-violence for his country leading anti-British Quit India Movement and Mao in China fought a revolutionary battle against the caste and class demarcations. Walter visited China in 1938 where he also made a silent film on Mao, the training of Red ...