Photo Contest - Deadline extended to August 31

The Gandhi Memorial Center is conducting “Visions of Gandhi”, its Spring 2008 photo contest. The purpose of the contest is to encourage individuals to creatively explore the ideals and message of Mahatma Gandhi through the art of photography. The themes (quotations from Mahatma Gandhi) are: “If light can come out of darkness, then love can emerge from hate”; “True beauty after all consists in purity of heart”; “Religions are different roads converging upon the same point. What does it matter that we take different roads so long as we reach the same goal?” Some guidelines are as follows: Submit photos you have personally taken that in some way portray one or more of the above themes; Submit up to 3 photos; Photos must be visually appealing with no improper content; Submissions may be from amateur as well as professional photographers and will be judged separately; Photos may be sent as digital or print images and must include the name of photographer, age, address, e-mail address, brief statement of how the photo depicts the selected theme, and brief bio statement. Please send submissions to: photo@gandhimemorialcenter.org or to Gandhi Memorial Center, P.O. Box 9515, Washington, DC 20016, USA. The deadline is August 31.

For further information visit www.gandhimemorialcenter.org

October 2, 2008

GANDHI JAYANTI. The Gandhi Memorial Center in cooperation with the Embassy of India invites you to an annual observance of the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The program will include a welcome from the Director, Carrie Trybulec and special remarks by His Excellency, Ronen Sen, Ambassador of India to the United States. The evening will include a Bharatnatayam dance invocation and devotional music including Gandhiji’s favorite bhajans and songs of Rabindranath Tagore (vocal by Sudeshna Basu and piano by Jeffrey Hallam Bauer). More information to come. The program is free and open to the public.

Time: 7.30 PM

Venue: Gandhi memorial Center, 4748 Western Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20816

For further information visit www.gandhimemorialcenter.org