[ad_1] Over the years artists, sculptors, and organisers of Durga Puja celebrations have taken the traditional metiers of a conventional celebration and poured into them a new aesthetic that is dynamic and malleable to the changing climes. This year, after a 14-year hiatus, the Indian Cultural Organisation in Rome in collaboration with the Embassy […]
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[ad_1] Kishori gives finishing touches to an idol | Photo Credit: R Ragu Artist and sculptor Kishori Mohan Pal’s averted gaze, ringed with the heaviness of age, is eloquent even in silence. “For 40 years I have been sculpting Ma Durga’s idol. It is a gift to be able to enjoy this nearness to the […]
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[ad_1] As monsoon begins to recede, Kolkata comes undone to the autumnal hues of the month of Ashwin (seventh month of the lunisolar Hindu calendar). Like a flower, the city opens itself to the possibilities of art. Nights are charged with the perfume of shiuli (night flowering jasmine) and at dawn on Mahalaya (held seven […]
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