I was rooted to the spot in front of a makeshift Pandal in Kolkata during Puja 2013. The makeshift horn pandal and display of Horn Art was spectacular to say the least. My camera could not do justice to what I…
When a City turns into a Grand Art Gallery: Kolkata Puja Pandals
From Calcutta to Kolkata the city has emerged and evolved over 300 years. This city of promise and power may have lost the battle for economic, technology, or political supremacy to Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi but for anyone who has spent…
Bamboo Art from Bengal, India
It was a festive evening in Kolkata and while I watched well dressed men, women and children turned out in their finest with a spring in their step my eyes did not miss the stall selling art pieces across the…
Sky-Water-Earth – Glimpses of Rural Bengal, India
The rural areas in Eastern India are mostly green, uber green since they are river fed for most part of the year !! Standing in the far corner of the field you can watch the sky kiss the earth, or…
“Dhaki” Beats – Tribute to the Drummer from East India
The autumn celebration of Durga Puja in Eastern India specially Bengal is incomplete without the rhythm of the “Dhak” or the traditional Indian Drum. As a child, I would race to the neighbourhood pandal often barefoot at the the sound…
Hues of Me: Shades of Blue and Green Decor in Pandal
Some colours instantly warm our heart and for me it is shades of blue and green with a little bit of yellow and orange thrown in. When I started reading about chakras (energy centres) and colour therapy I could make…
Tribal Art – Painted Wooden Owls from Bengal,India
My tryst with the owl continues with an assurance that fortune is round the corner :). Sometime ago I saw them on a tree while I was traveling to Indore. Recently, I was walking around Kolkata when my gaze fell…
Essence of the Mother Goddess Durga, Images from Kolkata
The 10 day autumnal festival better known as Durga Puja is celebrated with grandeur for 5 days in the eastern part of India and is the major festival of the region. Kolkata, the erstwhile city of the Raj on the…
The Making of a Mother, Goddess Durga Idols, Kolkata
Kolkata, India is celebrating the biggest autumnal festival known as Durga Puja where the entire city gets the look of a huge art museum for 5 days which happens to be between 26th September 2017 and 30th Septemper 2017. In Bengal,…
Glimpses of Kolkata from a Moving Window
Between two angular hanging bridges on the river Hooghly in India, a city moves and pulsates with life from different angles. Yes, it is Kolkata, the erstwile capital of British India where the old and the new brush shoulders with…