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Gods in the Making

Idols from a 400-year-old potters’ colony in Kolkata are in demand across the world

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11 Aug 2011 | BY A Basu
A Colourful Past

The Indian Museum in Kolkata recently broke open some cupboards lying forgotten on its premises. It yielded an exhaustive set of British records for natural dyes and textiles used in 17th century India

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6 Aug 2011 | BY A Basu
Dethroning the Plain White Rosogolla

The sweetmeat culture of Kolkata is undergoing an antiseptic change

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31 May 2011 | BY A Basu
The Ustad at 102

Abdul Rashid Khan is feted as the oldest performing Hindustani classical musician. On a typical day, he does his namaaz five times, teaches, eats one meal and smokes a hookah

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15 Apr 2011 | BY A Basu
The Candid Killer of Camera Shyness

Kolkata filmmaker Q’s movies are unlike anything seen in India. His latest, Gandu, is shot in digital SLR and features explicit sex scenes with risque rap lyrics

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29 Mar 2011 | BY A Basu
The Lost Film

Satyajit Ray’s banned documentary Sikkim made an all-too-brief return at the Kolkata film fest. Magical for those who caught it, tragic for those who didn’t.

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3 Dec 2010 | BY A Basu
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