bangalore books on the mahatma his life and thoughts have inspired millions around the world an exhibition of gandhian sarvodaya and national literature organized by the karnataka gandhi smaraka nidhi and gandhi shanthi prathistana that opened at gandhi bhavan on thursday is a gateway for young citizens to learn about nationalists and the freedom movement several exhibitors from private book sellers and book malls to government sellers have displayed books on the mahatma as well as leaders such as bhagat singh bal gangadhar thilak and chandrashekar azad patriotic books are available in kannada hindi and english the exhibition is on till july 24the event also includes stalls selling khadi clothes and national flags a charkha from the old times and a modern electrical charkha that can generate enough power to play a radio or light a bulb are on display gandhi bhavan is also playing host to an exhibition of gandhi in stamps and on coins by v s yelavagi at the inauguration of the eightday exhibition governor rameshwar thakur said gandhis dream of gram swaraj was being substantially realized in the form of panchayat raj institutions swadeshi movement is assuming a new interpretation in the form of patents and intellectual property rights the library of gandhian literature maintained by the smarakha nidhi should be developed as a storehouse and used as a reference library for those who work on his life and work he saidtwo books one on the mahatma and another on him and spirituality were released in english these are being adopted as textbooks for classes vi and vii by the bangalore education society every day the exhibition will feature films on gandhi