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The Blue Icon

Identity & Emergence of the Blue Insignia

As one confronts the images of the leaders in social and political life, one can sense a process in which the images get formed. In this process there are many elements, which shape the image, the primary one is ‘factual appearance’ of the leader, philosophy and the contribution of the leader also form a ‘qualitative image’ in the mind of his/her followers. Which creates a persona of the leader. Government also plays an active role in developing the ‘official image’ of the leader and insists the use of it. Leaders are human beings, their appearances change naturally due to the process of time, aging, illness, changes in the styling of their costume etc. official images do no consider these human aspects and aims to create an ‘timeless image’ which matches to the qualitative image developed in the minds of his/her followers.
In this process of image making, mediums and technology, like photography, printing quality etc. also play an important part. Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Winston Churchill, Hitler, John .F. Kennedy, there are many examples of the leaders whose images are being etched in the mind of the people, due to the vision of the photographers, who captured their them.
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Kamathipura

Photographs by Sudharak Olwe

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Poems by Namdeo Dhasal

Photographs by Sudharak Olwe

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Illustrations by Uttam Ghosh

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