In search of Indianness
India’s cultural consciousness is embedded with pearls of heritage carried forward through generations in the form of folk art.
India’s cultural consciousness is embedded with pearls of heritage carried forward through generations in the form of folk art.
Credits for Chitragati Collective go to music designer Sayak Mitra, who also gave the voiceover along with Deepmoy Das. Instruments played were by Mandola Joy, Prabir Chatterjee (percussionist), and Rick Mukherjee (flautist). The lights were designed by Amlan Chaudhary.
The reviewer is guest lecturer, PG department of English, University of Calcutta.
In the Bhagavata Purana, she performs her Mohiniattam to steal Amrit, the nectar of immortality, from the Rakshasas and offers it to the Devas.
‘The Mahabharata: Mewari Miniature Paintings by Allah Baksh’, a four volume set was launched today, at the India International Centre.…
The signal strength of this book lies in its exhaustive reference to many diverse and historically various sources, from early Indo-Aryan slokas to the post-modernist silver screen. Bhattacharya is meticulous in both summary and delivery of his research data and his analyses of the material are conceptually rigorous... A review
Other than the Mahabharata, the place has various other tourist sites to attract visitors. For instance, Sri Krishna Museum, set up by the Kurukshetra Development Board, depicts the life of Lord Krishna. The Panorama Science Museum, with the help of science and technology, tells Mahabharata stories. It also houses a planetarium, paying tribute to Kalpana Chawla, who hails from Karnal. Then, there is a tomb called Sheikh Chilli ~ a great scholar and a teacher of Dara Shikoh.
Her second production, Mahabharata, will be narrated through the perspective of Draupadi which will give a fresh take on the mythological tale.
Eklavya, a character from the longest recorded epic Mahabharata, who disparages the heroic greatness of Arjuna, the gallant conqueror of the great epic and gleams with his chivalry, his sacrifice, and his devotion to the preceptor, somehow had a kinship with the ruler of ancient North Bengal, which was famously known as Pundravardhana in the primordial period.
There are many images and forms of Krishna that are depicted in Indian traditional and modern art, such as Bal Gopal, Govardhan-dhari or in the battle of Kurukshetra. Here, Sahapedia delves deeper into one of the other popular images of Krishna, beautifully rendered in both Indian paintings and sculptures—Vatapatrasayi, Lord of the Banyan Leaf.
