of Sangeeta Dutta
This is in continuation of my motivation gained during the Basant Panchami, or Saraswati puja. While going through my old notes from my Jaipur days, I discovered a beautiful Deccan-Bijapur miniature painting depicting Saraswati. The old notes were from a plate description by Dr Chandramani Singh, Art Historian and my old friend Sh. Madhvendra Narayan. …
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Celebration of Krishna Janma Ashtami, brings into my mind another level of sweetness. It always reminds me of the Vrindavani Vastra, a piece of textile depicting the life of Krishna. I have written about it before also. How I got the chance to witness this historic textile piece of Assam and also the book published …
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A day to celebrate, a day to feel proud to be a part of the museum fraternity! Today, unfortunately, this IMD has come to us in a different form! In 2020 when we were celebrating IMD with a series of online talks, we thought of that as another way of celebration. Little did we could …
https://kshetraarusanskriti.in/index.php/kas/article/view/8 A beautiful beginning of the year with the publication of an article. This is a motivation for me - to keep scribbling. Article title: সংগ্ৰহালয় আৰু সাংস্কৃতিক ঐতিহ্য: এটি চমু আভাস Title in English: Museums and Cultural Heritage: A brief introduction Journal name: ’Kshetra Aru Sanskriti, Axom’ is a Peer-Reviewed Multidisciplinary Assamese Web Journal …
About the book: This beautifully illustrated book brings an extraordinary and important object Vrindavani vastra to a wider audience and to illuminate the culture of Assam, where devotion to Krishna continues to this day. Vrindavani vastra: This is a rare piece of textile from Assam, India. It was believed to be weaved during the late …
Here is a glimpse of a conversation held with the PeerSpot. It was about cultural heritage, museums, their interrelations. We also talked about studying Museology, considering Museology as a career option, prospects, with a message to Heritage Enthusiasts.A delightful conversation with Mr Tapan Patel, with a hope that museums can reach to common masses and …
‘May the almighty God bestow on you progress prosperity and happiness in your life’…. This is a message received from my teacher on the occasion of Teacher’s day on 5th September 2020. What a wonderful start of the day it was!!Well, if I say just teacher, it is not at all appropriate. He is a …
My association with the ethnomusicology archive provides me with immense pleasure to deal with some of the finest narrative traditions of India. One of those is the Kavad tradition. I dealt with the Kavad narrator/storyteller for several programs held in my previous work sphere. Kavad is an oral narrative/storytelling tradition of Rajasthan, India. It is …
Another Covid -19 effect!! Children are indoor, learning online, maintaining social distance, learning to live a new way of life! Happy to share a Bharatnatyam piece by Anweshaa D. Raja. She is maintaining social distance during this Covid-19 crisis, but not distancing herself from the enthralling art form. A glimpse of her Facebook live performance …
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Dr A. K. Das, Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial Museum, New Delhi, former Maulana Azad Chair, Department of Museology, National Museum Institute History of Arts, Conservation and Museology delivered a talk as part of an online talk series organised by Abhijna e museum on the occasion of International Museum Day 2020. He has kindly given …
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the weaving thoughts 