Gandhi – From Films to Fashion

At RR Theatre,Films Division

Building,Peddar Road,from October 2-6

Picking up from Gandhi’s Swadeshi movement,design studio and clothing brand Creative Bee will launch a collection of hand spun clothing and home furnishing — called “Swadeshi” — which is based on handwoven textiles and natural dyes. It will include a range of sarees,dupattas,stoles,fashion fabrics and home furnishings woven and dyed from natural extracts such as fruits,barks,roots,flowers,leaves and minerals.

Swadeshi products are available at Creative Bee,Forjett Street,Gowalia Tank

Coinciding with its 100th anniversary,the Oxford University Press will release an illustrated edition of My Early Life,one of India Press’ earliest books (first published in 1932). A concise autobiography of Gandhi’s formative years — from his early childhood,school days,his struggles as a young attorney to his austere life in South Africa — the book took shape through Gandhi’s secretary,Mahadev Desai,while Gandhi was in prison. The new edition,now named My Early Life: an Illustrated Story,annotated by Gandhi scholar Lalitha Zachariah,includes contextual notes and line drawings complementing the story of a young Gandhi. The book is priced at Rs 295.