Sep 09, 2010
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Durga Puja Celebrations
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Durga Puja Celebrations
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Durga Puja Celebrations
Durga Puja is round the corner and once Id-ul-Fitr is over, the markets will be flooded with the latest in fashion, style and themes! From North to South as well as across Hooghly, the most common theme pervading throughout would be Rabindranath Tagore. On the eve of his 150th birth anniversary, the world famous Nobel Laureate’s works would be inspiring the worship of Goddess Durga as she comes home (her father’s house) with her four children, Karthik, Ganesha, Saraswati and Laxmi.
Faced with an onslaught of commonality, most artists and organisers are banking on distinction in terms of interpretation. Tamal Krishna, executing the Kalighat Milan Sangha puja, has taken first two lines Banglar mati, Banglar jol from the Rabindrasangeet but has gone completely abstract. “Tagore used to scribble his lines and then make a pattern of the cancelled-out words. I am producing that pattern using applique work on flat-coloured clothes. Stitched wool will give the image of straight lines but there will be no handwriting on the panels.”
