The nation will listen to its father’s heartbeats when Delhi’s National Gandhi Museum will release Mahatma Gandhi’s ‘recreated heartbeats’ on his 150th birth anniversary as a part of its array of programmes to commemorate the occasion.
“We have gathered the ECG (electrocardiography) details from different stages of Gandhi ji’s life and recreated his heartbeat on the digital medium. This will be a very interesting feature for the public,” said A Annamalai, Director, National Gandhi Museum, Delhi.
The museum will also inaugurate a special photo exhibition on the theme of ‘Non-violence and World Peace’ on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti besides releasing a ‘Digital Multimedia Kit’ containing audio and video footages from his life, the director said. The kit will be available for people to buy, he added.
“The kit in a pen drive contains 20 books by Gandhi and 10 books on him, a documentary film by AK Chettiar, 100 specially-curated pictures, Gandhi’s voice, a virtual tour of his ashrams and his favourite bhajans,” said Annamalai.
According to the director, the digital kit has been priced at Rs 300 and only includes the production cost.
“We are trying to find some sponsors for the kit, in Hindi and English, to bring down the price to Rs 100 so that it reaches to more people,” he said.
The Digital kit will also have the original voice of Gandhi from the speeches that he delivered across the world.