A Gandhian Force

The Delhi Police Headquarters has just got itself a chic patriotic paint job—the side of the building now displays the Father of the Nation’s head and shoulders, watching benevolently over Delhi’s citizens. Completed on 28 January 2014, the large-scale Gandhi portrait was created in five days by artists Anpu Varkay, 33, from Delhi, and Hendrik Beikirch, 39, from Germany, who has created many such artworks for public spaces in various countries. Perhaps this is the Delhi Police way of announcing a new alignment with Gandhi’s philosophy of ahimsa.

The Delhi Police Headquarters has just got itself a chic patriotic paint job—the side of the building now displays the Father of the Nation’s head and shoulders, watching benevolently over Delhi’s citizens. Completed on 28 January 2014, the large-scale Gandhi portrait was created in five days by artists Anpu Varkay, 33, from Delhi, and Hendrik Beikirch, 39, from Germany, who has created many such artworks for public spaces in various countries. Perhaps this is the Delhi Police way of announcing a new alignment with Gandhi’s philosophy of ahimsa.

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Ashish Sharma

Ashish Sharma is an award-winning photojournalist with a lens that captures the 'moment' in its minutest detail. With over a decade in photojournalism, he is currently Deputy Photo Editor at Open Magazine

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