Rahul Bose and The Foundation give you 'The Idea of India'

Actor Rahul Bose and his NGO The Foundation today hosted their annual auction – “The Idea of India” featuring 11 pieces of iconic memorabilia from celebrated donors who personify and epitomize the soul of art and culture. A black tie sit down evening hosted by The Oberoi Trident in Mumbai,the auction was attended by some of the celebrated glitterati. Some prominent donors like Pandit Hariprasad Charaurasiya, Jitish Kallat, Atul Dodiya, Usha Laxman – daughter in law of legendary cartoonist RK Laxman along with Bhavana Bawa – daughter of artist Manjeet Bawa came in to grace the event. Others who came in to support Rahul’s noble initiative included Rahul and Neeraj Bajaj who lent his support as a partner for the event, Phiroze Godrej, Anil Singh, Sumeet Chopra, Tanaz and Chirag Doshi, Ayaz Memon, director Anand Gandhi, restauranteurs of Malini and Rahul Akerkar, AD Singh, Ravi Krishnan, businessman Harsh Goenka, Ronnie and Zarina Screwvala and finally Kumarmangalam Birla with his wife Neerja.

Speaking about the auction and receiving a great response, Rahul Bose says,

“It’s been overwhelming – the massive size of Mumbai’s heart always amazes me. We exceeded our expectations and we promise to meet our donors’ expectations!”

The proceeds from the auction have been directed towards the efforts
of The Foundation to create a world free of discrimination.

List of donors and their pieces :

1. CHRIS MARTIN – Signed guitar with sketch by Chris Martin (2015)

2. PANDIT HARIPRASAD CHAURASIA – ‘Rarest of the Rare’ Flute, (1955)

3. PANDIT SHIVKUMAR SHARMA – ‘Making of a Maestro’, early Santoor (1950’s)

4. ATUL DODIYA – ‘No studies, No keeping count’. (2011) oil,
acrylic, water colour, oil bar and marble dust on canvas
(90” x 60”)

5. MANJIT BAWA – Signed pencil sketch from the ‘Acrobat’ series (1988)
(30” x 22”)

6. JITISH KALLAT – ‘Invariance’ (2015) – Pigment print on Hahnemuhle
photo rag paper – (44” x 79”)

7. R K LAXMAN (Donated by Usha Laxman, his daughter in law) – Three
hand drawn originals – ‘Four Decades of the Common Man’ (1970 – 2010)

8. JOGEN CHOWDHURY – ‘Creeper’ : Black ink with brush and pastel,
Rashtrapati Bhavan Residency (2014), ‘Boy’ Pencil on paper, (1956)

9. MC MARY KOM – Olympic bronze medal winning kit : vest, shorts, shoes (2012)

10. SAINA NEHWAL – Signed t-shirt, world no.2 (2012) and racquet

11.  Original manuscript, ‘A Flight of Pigeons’ and
personal signed copy (1969)