M.F. Husain has painted her, so has Manjit Bawa. But as portraits of Mother Teresa go, here's the sweetest one of all.When Calcutta's Reeshav Chatterji entered the Olympics of the Imagination International Art Contest for kids (organised by Visa International), he had to paint his favourite personality in an Olympic sport. Chatterji chose Mother - and won a ringside seat at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. "I have watched her tending to the needy," recalls the 11-year-old. "I felt she could do almost anything."Even ice skating? "Of course." His option was Alpine skiing but ice skating it was because "I wanted people to always think of her in a sari, and the heavy skiing gear would conceal that". The maturity is taking him places: Reeshav won (his first overseas trip) out of 5,494 entries from over 4,000 schools in India."I'm looking forward to meeting the winners from other nations," he says, "and learning about their favourite personalities." And who would they be, we wonder. The Dalai Lama tobogganing? The Pope on skis?Published By: AtMigration Published On: Dec 8, 1997--- ENDS ---
