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“The war in Iraq triggered my mind to do something with immediate effect…and I was surprised to find some of my young friends gather around me again. 16 year old Hoimoboti Choudhury took an active part. She gave her School Final Examination in the month of March. She was the first one to paint something to make the soldiers aware of the absurdity of war, any war.
Other children followed. In the meantime, 13 year old Ritama Gupta had already submitted her poem to 'The Poets against the War' along with another poem by 24 year old Ranjini Chatterjee, who had been under my training for sometime. Hoimoboti's elder sister Boul Choudhury (27), who is also under my training right now (she is an artist) took active part in co-ordinating different events. My student Debmalya Guha (27) and his friends participated too and helped us in scanning images and organising events……"
"We realized our limited capacity, had a feeling of helplessness. We thought of asking the children to paint anything that was nice and cheerful. The Iraqi children needed support of these children through their paintings.
These children needed to be made aware of what was happening. The children along with their adult companions started visiting schools, conducting workshops and collecting paintings. Some of the paintings have been sent.
Most of the remaining paintings are waiting to be dispatched....but the situation in Iraq seems to worsen everyday. I have started feeling useless everyday. What can an individual, along with a group of young people do for a world gone mad?"
These quotes were selected from Indian Subrata Ghosh’s e-mail to Art & Entertainment Page. Subrata, a 46-year-old architect, is the trainer and coordinator of a group of Indian children who succeeded in holding many anti-war activities and gathering 1000 paintings for the Iraqi children.
Here we have their diaries and samples of their works:
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