GANGTOK
A REGAL BOND TO REMEMBER
The Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok, is organising a specially curated exhibition, An Extraordinary Friendship, in May of nearly 300 photographs, documents, films and artefacts celebrating the friendship between Sikkim’s last Chogyal, Palden Thondup Namgyal, and the Dewan of Sikkim, Nari K. Rustomji, who first met at the ICS probationary training camp in Mussoorie in 1942. The exhibits, primarily from the Rustomji Archives, detail important milestones in Sikkim’s history, like the construction of iconic government buildings, the 2,500th Buddha Jayanti celebrations in 1956, Nehru’s visit en route to Bhutan in 1958, the 1965 coronation of the Chogyal, etc. The exhibition is a testament to an extraordinary friendship which set Sikkim up for development and modernity in the 1950s.
NEW DELHI
Caravaggio Comes to India…
