No Chains Can Chain Me No Cage Can Capture Me
I just switched off the pause button inside my head. The unbridled thoughts of years came gushing out like river that been...
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Our Hearts Sings The Same Tune
Winter vacations meant travelling with Ma & Dadu to Delhi. The harsh winter months were the time when Ma would...
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Desire Has No Gender
She heard the car pull up. She heard his footsteps as he approached her room. She hurriedly put on her...
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Firdaus Is Omnipresent
The sound of the marching boots and the incessant screams of the tribals fighting for their land reverberated into the...
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Frida Kahlo And Her Refusal To Accept The Rules
''I hope the leaving is joyful; and I hope to never return'' Frida Kahlo was an iconic artist from Mexico who...
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The Opulence of Sangeeta Boochra’s Creations
Invaders since history have plundered and destroyed in a macho desire to establish their identity. And while establishing identity of...
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Blood On My Hands While Sewing The Frayed Edges
Did you see the dim light in the weavers home? Did you see the pregnant wife of the artist struggle...
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Unstructured Structure With Khushnuma
Yet, again and again, I am drawn into the colours that just beckons me. It’s a rack full of clothes...
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The Last Of The Winter Sun Of Poush Sankranti
Remembering the cold winter morning of my childhood in Shillong, is really like a kaleidoscope. As I sit basking in...
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Sit Up With The Fluidity Of The Soumodeep Dutta Label…Bengal Muslin Magic
The great stories of the Indian Railways and the people you meet along that journey who became a distant memory...
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My Jasmine Jewellery
I have a phobia of dressing up for weddings because as much fun it is to look every part the...
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Story On A Scroll
As you travel to West Bengal, the art form can be distinguished by the identity of each district. You have...
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A Year Gone By
Let me begin with folded hands and express how truly blessed I feel with you all. I am here today...
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Thrifty Yet Beautifully Artsy-The Kantha Art
The Kantha is the passing of emotion and art, combining the love, fear, and hope of the homes in rural...
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Revival Of Leather Crafts From Calcutta
Passing by the closed leather tannery in Calcutta, my heart sinks for the closed factories and the character of the...
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The Universe Dares You To Walk The Unknown
It was the winter sun that casts its shadow at the far end of the horizon. The gates were shutting...
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Song Of Sanganer
Traveling to Jaipur with school friends for my birthday was a trip reminiscing the days of no money. Fights over...
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Love For Lac
As you travel into Rajasthan you find women wearing the traditional lac bangles. These bangles are bright coloured designs that...
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Between The Rustle Of Starched Cotton Lies A Song Of Atr’e
As I navigated into the lanes and bylanes. I found this quaint little store among the tree laden streets and...
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Beast In Her Eyes And Beauty In Her Soul.. My Lost Banjaran Beauty
Do you recall sights that stay back long after you have left? Traveling through the desert landscape, this is what...
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Muffled Cries From The Memories Of My Maangpatta
The Rajasthan Fort Festival held in Meherangarh Fort every winter is a treat for music enthusiasts. There is a line...
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Flowers On My Frock
Winter breaks meant going from the chilly nip of the frosting window sills of Shillong to warmer Calcutta winters. Ma...
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Ornate Combs And More….
My late grandmother who I lovingly called Dida, had thick long hair even at the age of 88. She combed...
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Kumari That Was Not Killed
As the winter sets in on the fading sunlight against the Ganges Ghats. West Bengal worships the pre puberty girl...
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Acid On My Face But Not My Spirit
Unresolved issues are the most gnawing space in our heads and hearts forever. When I sit back and recall the...
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