Nawabzadi Meherbanu Khanam Throughout centuries, women entering the world of mainstream art were largely against social conditions. Yet, the touch of the Bengali woman's dexterous hands is an integral part of Bengal's folk arts. The sort of art that women created was completely different from mainstream
Legendary artist/author Benode Behari Mukherjee Legendary artist/author Benode Behari Mukherjee (7 February 1904–11 November 1980) emphasized in one of his essays, that the sense of intuition is what truly allows an artist to understand an object by contemplation instead of observation. On September 24, Kolkatans woke up
Sunil Pal, a self-taught artist -Image : X(Twitter) Pedestrians walking down the busy footpath in front of Axis Bank, Golpark branch in South Kolkata, have often encountered an old man stooping over a small canvas, his withered hand busy drawing or painting deftly. A few paintings
Street art at Patuli, Kolkata It has been quite a while since Patuli emerged as the new hip and happening spot in the south Kolkata neighbourhood of the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass. Its novelty has worn off, people have got used to the Thailand-style floating market, the
Chapai Nawabgunj, Bangladesh, is popularly known as the Alpona Village Does Alpona speak? At times it does, specially if an entire village is decorated with one of the oldest art forms of Bengal – Alpona. Travelling and exploring different regions is like an adventure. The regions
Batik sarees from boutique Swati, the main unit of Kakali Das Kapas Batik is an artwork found on clothes, sarees, dupattas, dresses, and household decor. Well, it has been present for centuries and has been among the favourites of people’s choice belonging to all generations. This
Whenever we think of mountains, we think of Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and Dooars, their spiral roads, tea gardens, fluffy clouds, pine forests, picaresque hamlets like Takda, Tinchuley, Silarigaon, Lamahatta, Icchegaon, and what not! We, the visitors go to these places to shed our year-long stress and
"In Mahabharata, there is the tale of Lord Krishna asking Maya Danava, a great architect/artist to construct an astounding palace hall for the Pandavas at Indraprastha. Maya created the largest and most exquisite palace of its kind in the world. It had many specialties like
Handmade paper has a checkered history that’s thousands of years old. The handmade papermaking technology was mass accepted and considered a precious commodity before development of an industrialized wood-pulp based paper industry. Infact, handmade paper industry is one of the fastest growing industries in India.
Established in 1863 to help education go beyond the confines of the classroom, Santiniketan grew into the Visva Bharati University in 1921, attracting some of the most creative minds in the country. From its very inception, Santiniketan was lovingly modelled by Tagore on the principles