Born and brought up in Cooch Behar, West Bengal, Kachan Karjee is a sculptor by profession. Karjee has done his bachelor’s and masters from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata in Fine Arts. The project- #Goviraltostopthevirus is a thoughtful initiative to make people look at the shape of
Bengal’s love for sweets reaches epical proportions even in times of COVID-19. And why not? If you can infuse a dose of immunity boosters even in sweets, then it can be both healthy as well as a delicacy for majority of Bengalis. Keeping this in
Samik De is a chartered accountant by profession but his passion has been art from a very young age.He is a self taught artist and his works have been exhibited in India and abroad from 2005 onwards. Samik feels that simple lines and colours on paper
Twenty three years into the field of advertising, Sarasij Dasgupta is presently working with Wunderman Thompson as a senior creative director. Inspired by his father who was a photo journalist, Dasgupta has an interest in photography. His main focus is in street photography. Sarasij Dasgupta
Taal-patar Sepai is a hypocorism in Bengali used to address a weak and rickety person who shows bravado. But to us all it is a delicate toy, carved from dried palm (Taal) leaf in the form of a soldier/ policeman in uniform. A stick attached
Sukamal Khatua has completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (Indian Painting) from the Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata, in the year 2015. He has been teaching at institutes in Ahmedabad and Kolkata. At present, he's doing his Masters from Indira Kala Sangit
Mahesh Jagannath Temple authorities have decided to postpone this year’s annual Rathayatra due to Covid-19 pandemic. Nothing could have been more upsetting than this news for thousands of devotees who throng to Mahesh annually from all corners of the globe to participate in the biggest
Mohan Singh often reminisces his favourite Mohar-Di (Kanika Bandopadhyay). He relates one particular incident when Mohar-Di was asked to cook Khichuri. She was not certain about the quantity of rice and lentils required to prepare for all the partakers. So, she put equal amounts of
Resident of Kolkata, Jhuma Kundu (Dimpi) is a ceramic artist. She has completed her undergraduate course in Ceramics from Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata in 2013 and a postgraduate from Viswa Bharati University, West Bengal in Ceramics and Glass Design. She has also done
Sankha Banerjee is an assistant professor— Department of Multimedia, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata and an independent art practitioner • Your first volume of the graphic novel on Mahabharata, Vyasa: The Beginning, was published by Penguin India in 2017. How difficult was it to provide a visual