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2 days ago

Winter art and the Bengal Biennale

Director and curator Siddharth Sivakumar and Trustees Malvika Banerjee and Jeet Banerjee’s Gameplan have launched the first- ever Bengal Biennale, a multigenerational tapestry of artistic expression, bringing together a diverse array of artists and their unique perspectives. The event this winter, to be held across two venues — the university town of Santiniketan from November 29 to December 22, 2024, …

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1 month ago

Bengal Biennale and the tale of the wolves

The Hindu

The New York Times Spelling Bee does not recognise Biennale as a valid word. “We were in no position to think of realising something like this then.” Initially, it was just supposed to be an art fair in Santiniketan says Sivakumar. While it might have been easier to do the maiden biennale in a metro like Kolkata where Banerjee already …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Visva-Bharati teaches young volunteers how to preserve old buildings

The Hindu

Visva-Bharati, as part of a UNESCO project, is building volunteers who can work towards the conservation of old buildings, not only just Santiniketan, which recently earned the World Heritage tag and where the university is located, but historical sites anywhere in the country. The purpose is also to engage the local community, making them aware of preservation and conservation,” said …

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1 year ago

The battle for the soul of Santiniketan

Live Mint

As the principal of Santiniketan Sishutirtha School, a Tagore-family founded school—only the third such after Rabindranath Tagore started Santiniketan’s Patha Bhavan and Siksha Satra over a century ago—Sudripta Tagore, 58, teaches the primary schoolchildren, among other things, how to climb trees. For true education is to realise at every step how our training and knowledge have organic connection with our …

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1 year ago

Santiniketan: Echoing Tagore’s world

Live Mint

The road was always green, and the air crisp. In September, Santiniketan made it to Unesco’s list of World Heritage Sites, the recognition honouring Tagore’s philosophy, vision and works of a world university. LIPI BISWAS, 50 | CERAMIC ARTIST “I am an earth person,” says Lipi Biswas, explaining why she chose to settle in an Adivasi Santhal village in Santiniketan …

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1 year ago

K.S. Radhakrishnan’s poetic expression in bronze

Live Mint

While browsing through the exhibition ‘On The Open Road’ at Delhi’s Bikaner House, you feel profoundly impacted by the sculptures on display. Presented by Delhi-based Gallerie Nvyā, the show doesn’t just trace the five-decade long artistic practice of Radhakrishnan, 68, but also connects the dots between the sculptor and the various people who inspired this journey—for instance, his muse, a …

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1 year ago

Santiniketan’s annual fair started by Tagore’s father to resume after 3 years

Hindustan Times

The Poush Mela, the annual winter fair started by Rabindranath Tagore’s father, Maharshi Debendranath, at Santiniketan in 1894, will be held later this month after a gap of three years, Visva-Bharati, Bengal’s only central university located in Birbhum district, announced on Friday. Visva-Bharati’s former vice-chancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty had stopped the fair in 2020 citing overcrowding, pollution and misuse of campus …

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1 year ago

Revival of Santiniketan’s Poush Mela hangs between hope and uncertainty

The Hindu

Uncertainty hangs over the possible revival this year of Poush Mela — Santiniketan’s winter fair that dates back to 1895 and which was last held in 2019 — even though hopes are high with a new, albeit officiating, Vice-Chancellor taking over Visva-Bharati, which conducts the event. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic struck, and after that Prof. Chakrabarty, who was rarely …

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1 year ago

‘Kanchipuram deserves world heritage status,’ says architect Abha Narain Lambah, who helped get Santiniketan on UNESCO’s World Heritage List

The Hindu

Over the past two decades, architect Abha Narain Lambah’s name has routinely cropped up in discussions around nearly every conservation project in the country — from the Mandu royal complex in Madhya Pradesh to Mumbai’s Opera House to Lalbagh Palace in Indore. Most recently, she prepared the dossier for Santiniketan’s inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List. It introduced the …

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1 year, 3 months ago

After Santiniketan, 'Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysala' inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List

India TV News

After Santiniketan, Karnataka's Hoysala temples were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The development came a day after the home of Nobel laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore, Santiniketan, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The announcement by the world body was made on Monday in a post on 'X', saying that the 'Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysala', the …

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1 year, 3 months ago

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ABP News

India, with its rich tapestry of culture and history, boasts a multitude of UNESCO World Heritage Sites that have been recognised for their outstanding universal value to humanity. As we celebrate Santiniketan's UNESCO accolade, here's exploring some of India's other remarkable World Heritage Sites: Agra Fort : Agra Fort, a marvel of Mughal architecture, stands as a testament to the …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Santiniketan finds a place on UNESCO’s World Heritage list

The Hindu

Santiniketan, a town located in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, set up by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on September 17 made it to the UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The dossier by the Ministry of Culture proposing Santiniketan in the UNESCO World Heritage List points out that the “place exhibits an important interchange in human values, over a span of time or …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Rabindranath Tagore's Santiniketan Inscribed On UNESCO World Heritage List

ABP News

Santiniketan, the hallowed grounds in West Bengal where the esteemed poet Rabindranath Tagore established Visva-Bharati more than a century ago, has secured its rightful place on the UNESCO World Heritage List. A ‘world university’ was established at Santiniketan in 1921, recognizing the unity of humanity or “Visva Bharati”," the UNESCO World Heritage Convention page reads. West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata …

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1 year, 3 months ago

India's Santiniketan inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List, leaders hail feat

India Today

India's Santiniketan has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the world body announced on Sunday. "Delighted that Santiniketan, an embodiment of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore's vision and India's rich cultural heritage, has been inscribed on the @UNESCO World Heritage List. In a post on X, the Archaeological Survey of India said, "A momentous achievement for India as Santiniketan, West …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Benodebehari Mukherjee’s century-old handscroll ‘Scenes from Santiniketan’ offers a journey through Indian art history

The Hindu

Titled Scenes from Santiniketan, the monumental work also gives a glimpse into the mastery of the legendary artist. The discovery and exhibition of a handscroll painted a century ago by the legendary artist Benodebehari Mukherjee is one of the most exciting events to happen in the recent history of modern Indian art. As the eyes move across this space along …

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1 year, 5 months ago

INTERVIEW | ‘Benodebehari Mukherjee was a pioneer of landscapes’: R. Siva Kumar

The Hindu

Published : Jun 29, 2023 11:00 IST - 5 MINS READ Benodebehari Mukherjee was a painter, muralist, scholar, and teacher who trained under Nandalal Bose in Santiniketan. The art historian R. Siva Kumar spoke to Frontline about how he chanced upon Scenes from Santiniketan, Benodebehari’s earliest and longest handscroll. In Chitrakar, his autobiography, Benodebehari also writes about his early fascination …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Intellectuals stage sit-in against Visva-Bharati’s eviction order to Amartya Sen

Hindustan Times

Prominent academics and intellectuals on Saturday held a sit-in protest at Santiniketan in West Bengal’s Birbhum district against the eviction order by Visva-Bharati, West Bengal’s only central university, for Nobel laureate Amartya Sen to vacate the land on the campus he has been allegedly occupying in an unauthorised manner. Nobel laureate Amartya Sen On April 19, Visva-Bharati authorities passed an …

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1 year, 7 months ago

In Frames | Revisiting Rabindranath Tagore’s magic

The Hindu

There is a word of caution at the very beginning of My Reminscences, which Rabindranath Tagore wrote at the age of 50. In Letters to a Friend, a collection of letters Rabindranath Tagore wrote to educator and social reformer C. F. Andrews, Andrews wrote of the time Tagore spoke about his wife and children’s death. Dr. Rabindranath Tagore, when in …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Calcutta High Court stays Visva Bharati eviction order against Amartya Sen’s ancestral land

The Hindu

Published : May 05, 2023 15:03 IST - 5 MINS READ Amartya Sen, the renowned Nobel Laureate, has been granted a reprieve as the Calcutta High Court issued an interim stay order on May 4. This order restrains Visva Bharati University from enforcing Sen’s eviction from 0.13 acres of his ancestral land in Santiniketan by May 6. On April 19, …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Locals stage protest in Santiniketan against Amartya Sen's eviction notice

India Today

A group of intellectuals and locals took out a rally outside Amartya Sen's residence 'Prachiti' in Santiniketan on Friday. Vishwa-Bharti, a central university, issued an eviction notice to Sen on April 19 accusing him of “illegally occupying” 0.13 acres or 5,500 sq ft of land on the campus, as per a PTI report. The committee members marched from the junction …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Calcutta HC stays Visva Bharati’s eviction notice to Amartya Sen

The Hindu

The Calcutta High Court on May 4 gave an interim stay against a move by the Visva Bharati University to evict Amartya Sen from 13 decimal of land, which is part of the Nobel laureate’s ancestral house Pratichi at Santiniketan, in West Bengal’s Birbhum district. “Having heard the learned advocates, the learned District Judge, Birbhum is requested to hear the …

University Land Sen Bharati Santiniketan Stays Visva

1 year, 7 months ago

Mamata Banerjee asks Ministers to start sit-in outside Amartya Sen's house over eviction notice

The Hindu

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has asked State Ministers to begin a sit-in outside Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's residence in Santiniketan in Birbhum district to protest against the Visva-Bharati's eviction notice, an official said. During a Cabinet meeting on May 2, Ms. Banerjee asked MSME Minister Chandranath Sinha, the local MLA, to lead the protest, which will be joined …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Row over Sen’s home keeps sleepy Bengal varsity town on edge

Hindustan Times

Standing at the far end of a plot of land covered by trees and potted plants, the two-storey house appeared submerged in peace and silence on a sweltering April afternoon in Santiniketan until a policeman emerged from a tent pitched under a mango tree. Accusing Sen of occupying public land, the eviction order said: “There are directives/advisories from the Gov’t …

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1 year, 7 months ago

'Will Evict Amartya Sen by Force if Need Be': Why Is Visva-Bharati Under Fire?

The Quint

Over the past year, the university's vice-chancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty has been alleging that the economist is in possession of 1.38 acre of land on the Santiniketan campus. Chakrabarty said that Sen's father, who was a professor at the university, had rented only 1.25 acres of land on a 99-year lease in 1943, and thus, the remaining portion of the land …

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Winter art and the Bengal Biennale

Bengal Biennale and the tale of the wolves

Visva-Bharati teaches young volunteers how to preserve old buildings

The battle for the soul of Santiniketan

Santiniketan: Echoing Tagore’s world

K.S. Radhakrishnan’s poetic expression in bronze

Santiniketan’s annual fair started by Tagore’s father to resume after 3 years

Revival of Santiniketan’s Poush Mela hangs between hope and uncertainty

‘Kanchipuram deserves world heritage status,’ says architect Abha Narain Lambah, who helped get Santiniketan on UNESCO’s World Heritage List

After Santiniketan, 'Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysala' inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List

UNESCO World Heritage Sites In India Hoysala Temples Santiniketan Taj Mahal Red Fort Qutub Minar Fatehpur Sikri Jaipur Ahmedabad 41 UNESCO World Heritage Sites In India

Santiniketan finds a place on UNESCO’s World Heritage list

Rabindranath Tagore's Santiniketan Inscribed On UNESCO World Heritage List

India's Santiniketan inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List, leaders hail feat

Benodebehari Mukherjee’s century-old handscroll ‘Scenes from Santiniketan’ offers a journey through Indian art history

INTERVIEW | ‘Benodebehari Mukherjee was a pioneer of landscapes’: R. Siva Kumar

Intellectuals stage sit-in against Visva-Bharati’s eviction order to Amartya Sen

In Frames | Revisiting Rabindranath Tagore’s magic

Calcutta High Court stays Visva Bharati eviction order against Amartya Sen’s ancestral land

Locals stage protest in Santiniketan against Amartya Sen's eviction notice

Calcutta HC stays Visva Bharati’s eviction notice to Amartya Sen

Mamata Banerjee asks Ministers to start sit-in outside Amartya Sen's house over eviction notice

Row over Sen’s home keeps sleepy Bengal varsity town on edge

'Will Evict Amartya Sen by Force if Need Be': Why Is Visva-Bharati Under Fire?