In 2010 I was invited as a guest along with Sheela Gowda for Sandarbh by Shreyas Karle who was conducting a Nature art workshop in Silvassa near a forest range. Sandarbh is an artist initiative in Partapur (Rajasthan), this initiative encourages young talent from the field of visual arts. the best part what i feel is they give a platform and acknowledge artist who are either rejected or feels rejected.
i will be sharing only one image in this post, this image is always in my mind whenever i read the gearing up preparation for the 2014 election.
Argument about papu and faku
Argument inside a party who will become the PM – if they win the election -which is not imp as they assume they will win so now the fight is about the PM kurse,
Argument within the state – people who have supported till last election, now have realised and saying – “It is true the claims are all false”. which is surprising as the converted are getting converted back.
Argument is about Infrastructure claims V/urs human rights:
रोटी Kapada and मकान ya मानवाधिकार
Argument about Powerful vernacular lectures replaced by Hindi lectures: becoming national.
Argument about the high technology used in an innovative creative manner for election campaign. how much: for progress not sure?
Argument about Fake encounters to Fake claims.
Below image is from Silvassa – most of the farmers land we saw was bought by reliance – but this image questions – is this the reality of the state.
Anyways that is upto the individual to think practically and maturely and vote. hope we don’t fail the democratic notion and unknowingly support dictatorship.
yes i agree – Religious fundamentalism is equal bad to secular fundamentalism.
we always had a choice between corruption and right wing fundamentalism. but this time we have all in one mixed channa packed like a salty chakna produced in one factory and shared by all parties.
Sharing few info’s given to us by Shreyas Karle – very useful if you want to visit Silvassa.
Getting There
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Rail: To get to Dadra and Nagar Haveli or Silvassa by train, you need to go to Vapi which is the nearest railhead. It is 17 km away from Silvassa.
By Road:If you decide to travel to Silvassa by road, the Mumbai-Vadodara-Delhi National Highway No. 8 (Western Express Highway) is how you will get there. Silvassa almost touches the highway so it is a convenient road route. The distance from common access points to Silvassa is given below:
By Air: Mumbai is the nearest airport. It is about 3 hours away from Silvassa by road.
Things you can visit in and around Silvassa:
Silvassa art Gallery, Museum of Tribal life style
Trek in the forest
Lion Safari
Deer Garden
visit Varli Village
Important historical place which is easy to go is: Udwada (watch this space for Udwada)
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