NEW DELHI: Delhi Street Art has partnered with North Delhi Municipal Corporation to create a larger-than-life mural dedicated to the girl child and her education.
The 100-metre long wall painting along the Kashmere Gate ISBT ramp depicts a young girl reading a book and how her education ensures the transition from the darkness of ignorance to the light of knowledge.
A three-line poem by Yogesh Saini next to the painting reads, “She brings light to darkness; she is the source of life; she is a daughter!” The mural also depicts a veritable library of classic books by Indian and western writers, including Gitanjali by Tagore, Godaan by Munshi Premchand, Great Expectations by Dickens, with an underlying message that a girl's future is full of possibilities to learn endlessly.
Deputy commissioner of City-Sadar Paharganj zone, north corporation, Shashanka Ala said, “We asked Delhi Street Art to restore the four-year-old murals in the area and focus on sending a clear message about educating the girl child.”
Yogesh Saini, the founder of Delhi Street Art, said that the team was thrilled when presented with an opportunity to design and create an iconic mural with a meaningful underlying message.
