સ્મૃતિઓ નું શાન્તિનિકેતન - અમૃતલાલ વેગડ

સ્મૃતિઓ નું શાન્તિનિકેતન - અમૃતલાલ વેગડ

Smrution nu shantiniketan by amrutlal vegad

publisher : R R sheth and com.pri.limited

यत्र विश्व भवत्येकनीड़म्। 

विश्व भारती शान्तिनिकेतन। 

"સ્વાર્થમૂલક ગમવાથી ઉપર ઊઠીને નિ:સ્વાર્થભાવે ગમવું જોઈએ.ત્યારે જ આ ચરાચર જગતથી આત્મીયતા થશે અને એ તમારાં ચિત્રોમાં પ્રગટ થશે" -નઁદ બાબુ( the person who draw wall painting At Vadodara #Kirtimandir)

This book is about the summary of the academy called Vishvabharati which was established by Ravindranath tagor in 19th century. here amritlal vegad noted that it was really very crazy idea to run such wide instutution and the teacher who were in that institution were passionate about to work in too. tht's the reason ,the Shantiniketan was such a beautifull place to study.Vedad went there to learn  drawing. or we can call now a days diploma in painting.He very firstly enters nandlal basu's Hall called "kala bhavan" . shanti niketan was the place which was very famous for its beautifull campus and studious atmosphere and morever his Founder Tagor.

Vegad said about the beauty of the shantiniketan in these words " તડકો કલાકૃતિ નથી. પરંતુ આ જ તડકો જ્યારે વર્ષા નાં જળબિંદૂઓથી ભીંજાય , ભીંજાઈ મેઘધનું બને , ત્યારે કલાકૃતિ બની જાય. કલાકૃતિ નાં સર્જન માટે કલાકાર નું ભીંજાવું જરુરી છે." these was the message of nandbabu which was not directly communicated but By cards it were spread. 

he describes all the people who were there in the shantiniketan with vegad and make their hostel days juicy for them and memorable for them. 

all the people with whom they came in contact had spent fruitfull time with him. they didn't teach or prech but they show by their work. he mention name like Nandbabu, Xiti babu, vinod da, mohanlal bajpeyi, avnindra nath, ravindranath etc etc...

vinod da habituted to tell him "if you wanna do something best ,you should have your heart best and By your nobel work your heart grows."

Nandbabu has his unique style to convey message by Cards. hr wrote single liners on cards and decorate it with beautiful drawing colours.

There was four year course of Kalabhavan.35 students were living as well 20 girls. there was no Seniority or junior ,all were equal.

'Kalo Badi' કાલોબાડી is one of the fascinating center of the Shantiniketan. it was constructed with simple soil and mud. No cement concrete were used. 7 rooms  and music center were in the kalobadi. all the campus was full of mango trees.

Sometime they can hear mastermashay's tell. they lovingly call  nandbabu as Mastermashay. one of talk he noted here. like.."તમે જ્યારે ચિત્રો બનાવશો તો એમાં સારાં ચિત્રો પણ થશે અને તમારી પ્રશંશા પણ થશે. આ પ્રશંશા ભયજનક છે. તમે જ્યારે નવું ચિત્ર બનાવવા જશો, ત્યારે મનમાં ખટકો લાગ્યો રહેશે કે ક્યાંક આ એની જોડનું ન થયું તો લોકો હસશે. આ ભયને લીધે કામ રોકાઈ જશે. "

Amrutlal tell here that Shantiniketan has develope feeling of ecstacy and that sight which can see beauty around the world. 

When we read "Smrutionu shantiniketan" we can see that it is very resembles with #Gandhiji' s #Buniyadi talim and his nai talim education system and motessorie system from japan which is whole reflected in Toto chan by #tetsuko koroyanagi. 

1948 to 1953 ,vegad lived there and tried to put whole shantiniketan memories on a paper. he has tresure of memories of shantiniketan in his heart.it was 50 years ago.

" પાંચ વર્ષ પહેલાં ઠીક આ જ રસ્તેથી હૂઁ આવ્યો હતો, એ જ રસ્તેથી પાછો જઈ રહ્યો છું. ધીરે ધીરે શાન્તિનીકેતન દેખાતું બંધ થઈ ગ્યું.વીરભૂમ ની ધરતી પાછળ પાછળ જઇ રહી હતી. જ્યારે ટ્રેને અજય નદીનો પુલ ઓળંગ્યો ,ત્યારે લાગ્યું કે ખરેખર શાન્તિનિકેતન છૂટી ગયું."