For the hundreds of students who visited the Exhibition on Wheels “Mother Express” recently at Railway Exhibition Ground, it was an inspiring experience.
The train that chugged into the city recently highlighted the life and times of Mother Teresa.
It was a tribute to Mother Teresa commemorating her birth centenary. On the first day, more than 7,300 people visited the exhibition wheels.
Coach by coach
Coach I exhibited details of the life history of Mother Teresa from her birth, education to her joining the community of nuns.
It had pictures and information on her Albanian origins and how she became a citizen of India and transformed herself.
Coach II depicted the start and spread of Missionaries of Charity and Coach III had pictures and articles on the last years of Mother's life.
One of the exhibits highlighted the 700 awards and honours she received for her service from 1962-97.
It included the Padma Shri in 1962, Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, Bharat Ratna in 1980 and Gold Medal of Soviet Peace Committee in 1987.
Her speech at the UN in 1985, “Created for Greater Things: To Love and To be Loved” was also displayed.
The exhibition-on-wheels started from Sealdah in Kolkata on August 26th last year and will be terminating at Katihar in Bihar after covering 83 stations by February.
