Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and the Embassy of Sweden today jointly unveiled a 'Nobel Memorial Wall' at a metro station here to spread awareness about Nobel Laureates of India, with a focus on Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore.
The wall at the Huda City Centre station was unveiled by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's Managing Director Mangu Singh and the Ambassador of Sweden Harald Sandberg.
Rabindranath Tagore is the focus of the wall with a bust of the poet against the original text of his nobel prize nomination, procured by the embassy from the Swedish Academy.
The wall has been created as part of celebrations of Sweden India Nobel Memorial Week that started yesterday. This year, the week is dedicated to Tagore to mark the centenary of his Nobel Prize in literature.
"The contribution of his work has given India recognition all over the world. The Nobel Wall is a unique way to honor him. It also gives an opportunity to our youth to know about Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore while they are on the move," Mangu Singh said. "Not only was he the first Indian but, importantly, also the first non-European to receive the Nobel Prize in literature and for this reason, he has a special place in the long history of relations between Sweden and India," said Sandberg.
The wall will be on display till November 15.
