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Today is the last day of a rare exhibition of press photos taken by legendary Indian Express photographer Roshal Lal Chopra (1931-2014) at the Indian International Centre.
Title as “Frames of Eternity” the monochromes taken by ‘RLC’, as RL Chopra was fondly addressed by his colleagues at the Indian Express, had a unique distinction of capturing historic moments of 11 prime ministers and 10 presidents from 1962 up till 1992, his Indian Express years.
The rare exhibition features frames chronicled historic moments at the Wagah Border crossing during the 1971 Pakistan War when advancing Indian Army crushed enemy defences near the Lahore’s Burkee Police Station.
RL Chopra was one of the first and few press photographers who saw the freshly smashed American hardware that Pakistan army had put to its miserable use, lying wayside on road to Burkee Police Station-Lahore.
Curated by Ravi Chopra and Shobhana Radhakrishna, next chapter of ‘Frames of Eternity’ to include an exclusive tale of Delhi by RLC and also special corner is coming up at the exhibition centre of Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial featuring hitherto unseen set of rare press photos featuring only Shastri.
The exhibition at IIC closes today.
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