ODE TO BAPU: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi release a book at Adhiveshan Bhavan in Patna on Saturday.

He released three books on Mahatma Gandhi's Champaran Satyagraha of 1917. The books - Mister M.K. Gandhi ki Champaran Diary written by Arvind Mohan, Champaran Andolan 1917 edited by Ashutosh Partheshwar and Pir Muhammad Moonis: Kalam Ka Satyagrahi edited by Srikant - throw light on various facets of Gandhi's first satyagraha in the Indian subcontinent.

Nitish said so far no photograph of Gandhi taken during his Champaran visit has been found and people should search for them because pictures of Gandhi taken elsewhere are used while writing or making movies on the Champaran Satyagraha. Gandhi Sangrahalaya secretary Razi Ahmad was also present on the occasion.

Text by Dev Raj, picture by Nagendra Kumar Singh