Bengal is a rich treasure trove of traditional music, art and craft, and indigenous dance and folk forms. Much of this heritage has been transmitted down for generations through 'shruti’ (that which is heard and refers to the body of the most authoritative, ancient form
One of the most popular artists of Bengal is Jamini Roy. He represents an epoch of history that shows the Bengalis’ interest in arts and crafts. Roy was born on 11th April 1887, his journey began at the age of 16 when he joined the
Most of us have heard people say, “It’s just not in the cards for me to …” when things didn’t work out the way they planned but when someone “holds all the cards,” he or she is in charge of a situation. City teenager Arnav
The dying Boat Art of Bengal is all set to sail again on a new high as the complex technique of boat making will now be featured in the British Museum and museums of India. Such a piece of news is like a dream come
New Town, the swanky satellite city of Kolkata, is fast developing into the city for the future. Both the public and private sector are working in tandem to make the town look bright, aesthetic, clean and green. The booming growth in every sphere awaits to
In a world of turmoil, violence and turbulence, Nature is perhaps the only refuge that one’s broken mind and body can seek. And that is the philosophy behind ‘Satori – in the Arms of Nature’, a solo exhibition of paintings by Sweety ‘Rumki’ Dutta Banik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-LE2GeSjq8 “The person who is not roused by a pulsating image, a small touch or sound, can make no sense of the word beauty. A person who neither knows, nor thinks beyond his worldly needs has no use for beauty….” that’s what Benode Behari Mukherjee had
The picturesque trails traversing the heartland of Bankura district of West Bengal converging to the ‘Terracotta Hub of Bengal’ Panchmura, are as breath-taking as the artisans’ creations, where the rustic charm of burnt clay or terracotta blend in a creative tapestry. The terracotta craft of
It is a common phenomenon these days in bustling urban cities like Kolkata, to spot old buildings being taken over by land sharks who would soon destroy the heritage and history, and memories attached to them, to build apartments or malls. And this trend is
For centuries, ‘Kantha’ has bridged the gap between the rich and the poor in Bengal, and served as a pool between the urban and the rural divide. A form of exquisite embroidery, stitching patchwork cloth from rags, ‘Kantha’ art was practiced by both rural women