RARE PHOTOGRAPH - AZAD & JAWAHAR

THIS ICONIC SEPIA-TONED IMAGE CAPTURES TWO PILLARS OF INDIA'S FREEDOM STRUGGLE: MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD (LEFT) AND PANDIT JAWAHARLAL NEHRU (RIGHT). STANDING SIDE BY SIDE, THEIR EXPRESSIONS REFLECT A MIX OF RESOLVE AND REFLECTION - SYMBOLIC OF A NATION IN TRANSITION. THE PHOTOGRAPH IS ATTRIBUTED TO R. V. PANDIT, A WELL-KNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER OF THAT ERA. NEHRU-S HAND RESTING ON AZAD-S SHOULDER EVOKES A SENSE OF CAMARADERIE AND MUTUAL RESPECT THAT MARKED THEIR POLITICAL JOURNEY TOGETHER IN BUILDING MODERN INDIA.