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Show that takes you through an epoch

FOCUS ON FREEDOM STRUGGLE: A scene from the exhibition on `Republic' organised at the Farook College library complex

A unique exhibition is on at the Farook College library complex, attracting academics and laymen alike. The show on `Republic' has elements that can not only educate but also kindle a sense of patriotic pride in every Indian.

Using pictures, captions, posters, stamps, books and newspaper clippings, the exhibition limns India's history through the country's struggle for freedom from the British.

Beginning with the discovery of new sea routes to India the show takes the visitors through the turbulent struggle for freedom. It portrays India's long and harrowing march to become a republic.

On display are brief but educative posters on the rise of imperialism, early resistance, the first freedom struggle, new awakening, birth of the Indian National Congress, rise of extremism, Bengal partition, Gandhiji's entry, role of the press, Jalianwala Bagh, the Khilafat Movement, the civil disobedience, the Quit India Movement, communal division, and freedom at midnight.

"By the time we arrive at the poster showing the country becoming a Republic, we get a feeling of having taken a historical trip," says Mesjer Geo, a Library Science student of Farook College.

For a layman, the show presents Indian history of the last five centuries. And for a history student, it throws a new light on the incidents that made India what it is today.

Farook College librarian M. Ayyub, though busy arranging the exhibits, says that the show helps to instil a renewed sense of pride about our country.

The exhibits are displayed in a chronological order. This helps the visitor to quickly understand the happenings from the arrival of European settlers. From Vasco da Gama to Tipu Sultan to Mahatma Gandhi, the show leaves none who matters in the history of the period. Another attraction of the show is the section devoted exclusively to stamps. S.V. Umer Farook, a philatelist from Kozhikode, has arranged hundreds of stamps showing Indian patriots. The stamps of all great Indian men and women who took part in the freedom struggle are on display.

"None makes history; but history makes immortal ones." This statement displayed at the end of the show makes us think once again about those who sacrificed everything for the country.

The show will be on till February 2.

Abdul Latheef Naha

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