After a hiatus of three years, Pous Mela got off to a fresh start in Santiniketan with (top) a Brahmosangeet performance under the ‘Chhatimtola’ on Monday morning and a Baul performance in the afternoon. The fair, held on the seventh day of Bengali month ‘Pous’ which falls in late December, was first organised by Maharshi Debendranath Tagore, father of Visva-Bharati founder Rabindranath Tagore, in 1894 to showcase the handicrafts, heritage and culture of Bengal, particularly Birbhum district
Rupesh Bhakat
Septuagenarian Ratnabali Ghosh (right) and another artist draw alpona designs on the floor of Sacred Heart Church and Greek Orthodox Church, respectively, on Christmas Eve, as a part of a project by Mudar Patherya. For the last three years, Ghosh sometimes on her own and sometimes with an associate, has been creating pieces of art using the traditional alpona in Kolkata
My Kolkata
