Walk in awe, see, read and hear the lives and contributions of India’s prime ministers, as they shaped the lives of every Indian, since Independence. Through their lives, we live through Indian history over the last 78 years, at the re-imagined PMML – the PMs’ Museum and Library – at Teen Murti House in the heart of New Delhi.
The erstwhile residence and museum of India’s first prime minister, since an archive to all the 16 prime ministers so far. It is education for the common man, just as much for a tourist or a scholar with a rich library that is open to all. Its multi-purpose hall has been home to many a lecture, a book launch, featuring the senior most echelons of the country.
PMML has been adding amenities as it builds up attractions – it has opened a cafe on top of a rocky mound, which houses the planetarium, a most imaginative addition, making it possibly among the most scenic restaurants in all of Delhi – especially with its architectural canvas – high ceilings, all glass, open to rich greens at 360-degree vistas. On this occasion, the PMML vice chairman, Nripendra Mishra, took a walk along a hundred of the senior-most leadership in India’s hospitality and travel trade, while inaugurating the facility, coinciding with World Tourism Day on 27th September.
Earlier, a round table discussion with assembled invitees concluded on the importance of the museum, the need for it to be included on every foreign tourist itinerary; a quick few hours’ exposure which recalled Indian history in a medium that the world understands. With adequate promotion and publicity, the speakers agreed, it would have great interest to every citizen in Delhi, to every Indian across the world. Addressing the gathering, the recently appointed director, Ashwani Lohani, invited the travel trade to make the museum a must see for every visiting tourist, both domestic and foreign. Lohani had been earlier CMD, Air India and chairman, Railway Board, apart from heading Madhya Pradesh Tourism and ITDC, in earlier tenures. He brings this rich experience and dynamism to this new assignment.
