His work has evolved from politically explicit sculptures and paintings to colossal canvases. These days, Ramachandran’s art has evolved into peaceful images of brightly coloured lotus ponds and beautiful, traditionally-attired women that grace the homes of celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan. By this time, Ramachandran’s signature nayikas and raginis, used in a nod to Indian miniature art, which dramatises Radha-Krishna’s story …
Amid strong police presence, fencing around the heritage Poush Mela ground at Santiniketan by the Visva-Bharati University authorities continued for the second day on Tuesday. The West Bengal government on prayed before the Calcutta High Court for a stay on a decision by a court-appointed committee allowing fencing of the Poush Mela ground at Shantiniketan, even as the state’s advocate …
T wo weeks after violence erupted at Visva-Bharati University at Santiniketan on August 17 over the construction of a boundary wall around the Poush Mela ground, the impasse continued with the university authorities threatening to keep the institution closed until they felt it was safe to reopen it. That day, Mamata Banerjee said at a press conference: “I do not …
Angry locals on Monday ansacked the fence and bulldozed a gate at the Pousha Mela ground at Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan in Birbhum today. As per reports, they were protesting construction of a wall at the Pousha Mela Ground of Shantiniketan. "Around 50 people – students, ashramites and alumni -organized an hour-long sit-in before the 'Upasana Griho' of the Central …
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