Delhi Dynamic Round Table 157 & Dhoomimal Gallery hosts an art auction titled 'Colours of Life - Freedom Through Education' March 16, 2012

Delhi Dynamic Round Table 157 in association with Dhoomimal Gallery presents ‘Colours of Life – Freedom Through Education’; a first of its kind art auction in the state that is aimed to provide free education to the under-privileged.

The art auction will take place on March 16, 2012 at Le Méridien Hotel, Windsor Place, New Delhi from 7:00 pm onwards.

Says Ashish Gupta, Chairman, Delhi Dynamic Round Table 157 (DDRT 157): “Illiteracy is a self-fulfilling curse that perpetuates the chain of poverty, degradation and child labour. We believe that true freedom for an individual comes only through education. This auction is designed to raise awareness of the work that DDRT 157 has been undertaking and further raise money for providing free education to the under-privileged children.”

The art auction will showcase 74 artworks in water colours, drawings, serigraphs, etchings, oil on canvas & acrylic on canvas by some of the greatest names from the Indian art fraternity which includes FN Souza, Anjolie Ela Menon, SH,Raza, MF Husain, Sunil Das, Sakti Burman, Subodh Gupta, Sudip Ray, Shamshad Husain, Niren Sengupta, Sachida Nagdev among others. Price ranges from Rs 30,000 to Rs 45 lakh.

About Delhi Dynamic Round Table 157
Delhi Dynamic Round Table (DDRT) 157 is a part of Round Table India, with 18 active members coming from different professional and business backgrounds. We are one of the leading tables of Northern India. In continuation of the ‘Freedom Through Education’ project of Round Table India; DDRT 157 had initiated a project and made a big facility - Literacy India at Village Bajghera, Gurgaon (Haryana). Literacy India moved to the fully equipped new school building in 2008. Nestled among lush landscape, the environment provides great encouragement and motivation to both the students and the teachers. Currently we have 400 students. With the success of the school building as well as the facilities given to these under-privileged children, many of the less-privileged people are approaching us to enroll their children in the school. Importance to the Girl Child is never forgotten and gates are forever open to the poorest of the poor who are eager to learn.

About Dhoomimal Gallery
One of the oldest gallery in the state, the gallery today under the leadership of Mr Uday Jain and his mother Ms Uma Jain are the forbearer in the Indian art market not only in India but globally too. Under the banner of "Ravi Jain Memorial Trust" the gallery continues to promote art and artists including offering scholarships to the young and upcoming artists. Many of these young artists such as Hemraj, G.R.Iranna, Somnath Singh, M.S.C.Satya Sai are today big names in the contemporary art world. We at Dhoomimal aim at promoting Indian art as a whole than merely selling paintings. Our suggestion at Dhommimal is that buy what is a good investment but more importantly buy something that you like. A painting is something that you would look at everyday of your life in your house. It is something that will grow on you.