The Visva-Bharati University is coming out with a book containing unpublished letters written by Jawaharlal Nehru to Rabindranath Tagore besides rare photographs of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
The coffee table book, titled 'Three Chancellors', will depict the relationship between the Nehru-Gandhi family and the Tagores.
Congress President, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, personally came to the aid of Nilanjan Banerjee, the editor of the book, and mailed him some rare photographs of her late mother-in-law Indira Gandhi.
"Responding to our request, Mrs Gandhi has recently sent us 18 rare and personal photographs featuring Indira Gandhi during her student days in the Visva-Bharati," Banerjee, who works as a curator of Tagore's museum at Santiniketan, told PTI.
The book will also for the first time publish little-known letters written by Nehru to Tagore and different vice-chancellors of the university, he said.
Some rare images of Indira Gandhi's signature in Bengali and her taking merry-go-round joy rides with Nehru at Santiniketan will also be a draw for the readers.
The compilation illustrates the lives of former prime ministers Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi during their tenure as chancellors of the university.
"The attempt is to see the three statesmen from the Nehru-Gandhi family through the looking glass of Visva-Bharati," Banerjee said.