It is February 1938. The Indian National Congress calls for a session at Haripura in Gujarat, under the presidency of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. The quiet moment of resolve is boiling over, as Bose arrived in a convoy of 51 bullock carts. It was for this iconic moment that artist Nandalal Bose created the Haripura panels, a celebration of India’s past and its freedom on the horizon. The panels, along with a series of rare films and works by the contemporary master arrive in the city for the latest exhibition, Colours of Swades: From Haripura to the Constitution at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA).

Veena Vadini. Pics courtesy/NGMA