"Dream, Dream, Dream! Conduct these dreams into thoughts, and then transform them into action."
- Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
12 May 2017
Punekars have a good opportunity to view some rare footage of Subhash Chandra Bose and retrace the journey of Indian National Army. Thanks to National Film Archive of India. This will be relived after 75 years after INA or popularly known as Azad Hind Fauj was formed by Mohan Singh and commanded by Subhash Chandra Bose.
The footage will be shown to the public on May 14 by a city-based Aashay Film Club.
The English version of noted author Vishwas Patil's book on Bose, Mahanayak will also be released at the National Film Archives of India (NFAI).
As per a report published in The Times of India, Virendra Chitrav, of the Aashay Film Club said, “The Azad Hind Fauj has been our nation's pride, and so is Subhas Chandra Bose. And we want to inform more people about their exploits. This is a chance for people to watch some rare footage preserved by the NFAI over so many years.”
There will be an event hosted where there will be a discussion of the English translation. A website commemorating the anniversary will also officially inaugurated.
A city-based tour company, Offbeat Destinations, is offering, what it calls, a journey to "retrace" the journey of the INA from its formation. The tour will cover destinations from the formation of the "Second" INA by Bose in Singapore, and advance through Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma), ending at Manipur in present-day India. The tour, across the five countries ending in Kolkata, will run for the first 22 days of July.
"Unlike other tour packages that offer to show only sea beaches and amusement parks in South-East Asian countries, this package includes the destinations which are interwoven with the history of the INA. For example, we will take tourists to visit the INA memorial in Singapore, the city where the INA was reorganised by Bose.The Rangoon leg will be interspersed with a visit to the erstwhile Azad Hind Bank, which was set up by Bose for the provisional government of India," Nitin Shastri of Offbeat Destinations said.