tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83902130151431492312024-03-13T03:26:11.237+01:00DEEZDENDithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166941147379398538noreply@blogger.comBlogger203125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390213015143149231.post-34097988860357037332012-06-11T20:03:00.000+02:002012-06-11T20:03:19.191+02:00Moving on from DEEZDEN<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Mixed Feelings.<br />
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Deezden - a spur of the moment blog but surely one that changed everything along the way - 'positively' - and brought beautiful inspirational friends to my life. It will always be very close to my heart with its good and bad and 'you' - <i>each one of you</i> who visited, commented or just enjoyed your time on this link - your being there <i>meant the world to me</i>.<br />
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As the title suggests, this will be my final post on Deezden, will be blogging at <a href="http://www.dithitara.com/"><i>www.dithitara.com</i></a> from now on and hope to see you all there.<br />
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Huge tight hugs to Deezden and to my fabulous readers, I will be waiting for you at <i>'light of love'</i> which is the name of the new blog and most importantly, a HUGE thank you for your faith in me and for sharing my journey so far as I hope you will continue to ..... in the new next road!</div>Dithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166941147379398538noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390213015143149231.post-21463269320224860792012-03-03T18:04:00.009+01:002012-03-03T19:22:20.030+01:00Featured in POOL<div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-style: normal; text-align: center; "><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; ">Am so happy to share with you a feature in POOL, </span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-style: normal; text-align: center; "><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; ">India's first international design magazine:</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><span >March 2012 Issue, in their <i>'Overseas' </i>section, </span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; ">article titled <i>'Propagating the Indian Myth'</i>.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiueFa_rNgRM4m0y7DGLtw-bzh3tXqWeUNFbszWQ8ROUq4H6r5CZF28Dqm9L0f17TNkuP83pPatrt-RLhyQ_cyFXZrTdwlLdpWRVAeFj-7OeaxOw8_tobZfgchnvnJchXOZfxQyhtELZqY/s1600/POOL+1.jpg" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiueFa_rNgRM4m0y7DGLtw-bzh3tXqWeUNFbszWQ8ROUq4H6r5CZF28Dqm9L0f17TNkuP83pPatrt-RLhyQ_cyFXZrTdwlLdpWRVAeFj-7OeaxOw8_tobZfgchnvnJchXOZfxQyhtELZqY/s600/POOL+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715718936775717282" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; ">This is even more special as POOL is India's first-of-its-kind magazine aimed at <i>'inspiring via innovative approaches in never-seen-before Design/Innovation/Creativity features' </i>and creating a '<i>unified platform for creative inspiration without any constraints on discipline or subject'</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYMwMqzxEKgCKEvFHb7umFs4NZdSvPAsyUyEp9G8t6Wf1lLg3OUpwopIwlg0R5YM9MwowFzHXG08vZn2-mmvK9MRKRqSuKYyGQMVhicec2ouRr3GJB2G61oKyfGO91NlZ94OrAhsMLPAM/s1600/POOL+3.jpg" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYMwMqzxEKgCKEvFHb7umFs4NZdSvPAsyUyEp9G8t6Wf1lLg3OUpwopIwlg0R5YM9MwowFzHXG08vZn2-mmvK9MRKRqSuKYyGQMVhicec2ouRr3GJB2G61oKyfGO91NlZ94OrAhsMLPAM/s600/POOL+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715718932381286834" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><span style="font-size: 100%;">Read the </span></span><a href="http://issuu.com/poolmagazine/docs/pool21?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Fdarkicons%2Flayout.xml" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; ">article on Issuu</a><span ><span style="font-size: 100%;">, pages 28 - 30.</span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghz1PkkR7u_Fgp4b1y5lwswQuEicnASgfqEQ0PLOSUPNzqlpbwsQJNkIiPvo02a4qnKQablvtEGeY99KLBKh5VM4gEELvEu9W5vVYta59TLfIrq9E4t8bn1SihkZGuCKlHhEikedPl47A/s1600/POOL+4.jpg" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghz1PkkR7u_Fgp4b1y5lwswQuEicnASgfqEQ0PLOSUPNzqlpbwsQJNkIiPvo02a4qnKQablvtEGeY99KLBKh5VM4gEELvEu9W5vVYta59TLfIrq9E4t8bn1SihkZGuCKlHhEikedPl47A/s600/POOL+4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715718933999521586" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a>A HUGE thank you to Maitreyi Doshi, Rajlaxmi Datta and the entire team of POOL :)</div>Dithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166941147379398538noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390213015143149231.post-80040050572728661212012-02-09T09:10:00.006+01:002012-02-09T09:27:48.483+01:00Charukala Utsav Kolkata 2012 - Last 2 days<div style="text-align: center;">Am participating in this Kolkata Art fair.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigcxxFJpXKYt0YCXDdLoJ76mNOZQkmFpNPkgkO2RM3nbe0_qnHNuNtw9dLLMRn8Wjh2b-us26puQofiEXb7u-5Y8Xh9TFfM65Y0b9Ki63ohaEtbR65P8eCxcluzufGceNIfMeswp9iAk8/s1600/IMG_5544.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigcxxFJpXKYt0YCXDdLoJ76mNOZQkmFpNPkgkO2RM3nbe0_qnHNuNtw9dLLMRn8Wjh2b-us26puQofiEXb7u-5Y8Xh9TFfM65Y0b9Ki63ohaEtbR65P8eCxcluzufGceNIfMeswp9iAk8/s600/IMG_5544.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707047723814234002" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOMjAvrIDBT79HwmB1yCEB93YjrKfNUTt96jTFR2ERUpVJS77HK8UwtMf6UjIq7LXvIINsBXDK2CFB3DdCI7G4Yncnz0Yn7ZOiDIbfrgXMSNmX7AvgMOdJaK6qmSkKSuoshzeRaUHfHd4/s1600/Art8-1.jpg" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOMjAvrIDBT79HwmB1yCEB93YjrKfNUTt96jTFR2ERUpVJS77HK8UwtMf6UjIq7LXvIINsBXDK2CFB3DdCI7G4Yncnz0Yn7ZOiDIbfrgXMSNmX7AvgMOdJaK6qmSkKSuoshzeRaUHfHd4/s600/Art8-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707047736842538802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDr6o7D9AXDliQ9aUfXLr5CPL1lgCinGSSBl7MbsE6T3xBxkxyyiUFl9m-IRTcVcHSEgJxq_KJW6GOTqgYVUZPx_Oh76mEvXyR6wMEqzCJ1QS7Q_MMigLDQoa-K2t1AE6YsWorNSuJj24/s1600/Art7-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDr6o7D9AXDliQ9aUfXLr5CPL1lgCinGSSBl7MbsE6T3xBxkxyyiUFl9m-IRTcVcHSEgJxq_KJW6GOTqgYVUZPx_Oh76mEvXyR6wMEqzCJ1QS7Q_MMigLDQoa-K2t1AE6YsWorNSuJj24/s600/Art7-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707046409413081138" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglTiw3BdnNqvRaRUojraQVkiWJr8MW6b3Y3sGSVzj74LWciKpYumRUogpZWVCAYArQ34nZStipYHzLlJDmihWLEnAgTsBb7pvcOgqURJGVwGIEibSMITY3Hk-cJyDY5xZv1_2_TUVGnGw/s1600/IMG_5137-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglTiw3BdnNqvRaRUojraQVkiWJr8MW6b3Y3sGSVzj74LWciKpYumRUogpZWVCAYArQ34nZStipYHzLlJDmihWLEnAgTsBb7pvcOgqURJGVwGIEibSMITY3Hk-cJyDY5xZv1_2_TUVGnGw/s600/IMG_5137-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707046404588814882" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><span style="line-height: 20px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Dates: 4th - 10th February 2012.</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><span style="line-height: 20px; ">Timings: 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><span style="line-height: 20px; ">Venue:</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 20px; text-align: justify; ">Rabindra Sadan (Nandan) </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 20px; text-align: justify; "><span >of 1/1 AJC Bose Road, Kolkata-20.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 20px; text-align: justify; "><span >I am at stall # 32, between Nandan and RabindraSadan buildings.</span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvBuFOi9b4lKMpNArXXFDd8Wq74qBOMwO94dObJObXG2euXs9kWxruHfxkqoVAe68ed5c1qrQ3xBpt9BQef7a_6kxWsi8qgT5WoFYaeGKQAp1o9r1Pl9C6TqJcSh0Vbq8S-jIbco4CYvY/s1600/IMG_5124-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvBuFOi9b4lKMpNArXXFDd8Wq74qBOMwO94dObJObXG2euXs9kWxruHfxkqoVAe68ed5c1qrQ3xBpt9BQef7a_6kxWsi8qgT5WoFYaeGKQAp1o9r1Pl9C6TqJcSh0Vbq8S-jIbco4CYvY/s600/IMG_5124-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707046399602091906" /></a></div>Dithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166941147379398538noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390213015143149231.post-70698984811780331822012-01-21T18:55:00.016+01:002012-01-21T20:15:44.711+01:002 beauties in 4 colours<div style="text-align: center;">Following up from my previous post titled '<i><a href="http://www.deezden.blogspot.com/2011/12/cutting-wood.html">Cutting the wood</a>,'</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">here is the final print: woodcut: 4 colour from separate blocks: </div><div style="text-align: center;">hand-drawn, hand-carved, hand-printed.</div><div style="text-align: center;">15 inches x 22 inches on a beautiful <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Canson</span> paper.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsHMhMzzdcu52deKhcHStb5MCGirkA3LlVQbpFHSSK9l26s09QkwEGce8qLyTXxrE0iqPwSM0gL5U1XpGiDsgxOUkxv4_BHjRaLC0O3xer8Bcmnv5WmfZUSZaohqeCRPbRV443XTKArPs/s1600/IMG_5076-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsHMhMzzdcu52deKhcHStb5MCGirkA3LlVQbpFHSSK9l26s09QkwEGce8qLyTXxrE0iqPwSM0gL5U1XpGiDsgxOUkxv4_BHjRaLC0O3xer8Bcmnv5WmfZUSZaohqeCRPbRV443XTKArPs/s600/IMG_5076-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700159617449969522" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;">For those of you who missed my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Facebook</span> updates,</div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;">here are some W-I-P snaps through the process:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl27klTZvH0Ml0qgZyg2sWOZ2v_1qP5NIAli4PxfYucmj3wGXEtkuojCjDUavSHux0V2u3bYwFowe0_5TM25o_yObO9tc7OI-DYhXGiDBag_rsqq_N9TrkglHfg1ui-4r9YZGvGhzi8TA/s1600/IMG_2818.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl27klTZvH0Ml0qgZyg2sWOZ2v_1qP5NIAli4PxfYucmj3wGXEtkuojCjDUavSHux0V2u3bYwFowe0_5TM25o_yObO9tc7OI-DYhXGiDBag_rsqq_N9TrkglHfg1ui-4r9YZGvGhzi8TA/s600/IMG_2818.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700147671621725314" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yellow Block</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg07l7qTMOt8INeRaYfU0DtMbT1z35k1Z5lZ1Oit7TI_D3LGWIBD39I6NjvUIUNavJ1ohe-EUJ2CLQ1751YI6E1nnmvEV6gtOSALN-WtPkp7fAhFChZ75YOB23FVUybhztS3aspswdGPI0/s1600/edits5.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg07l7qTMOt8INeRaYfU0DtMbT1z35k1Z5lZ1Oit7TI_D3LGWIBD39I6NjvUIUNavJ1ohe-EUJ2CLQ1751YI6E1nnmvEV6gtOSALN-WtPkp7fAhFChZ75YOB23FVUybhztS3aspswdGPI0/s600/edits5.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700156374141452498" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></span></div><span style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;">Red block</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_-8H5LOhuhd8tAfgukJecgjyoEb7D-PFj2ipMC55gkDjNeHA4D5OPRvH04xNqr_9BXO-alOHjiwz2v_Mr1v9V06EGM8JzUo0rgaBtLy38aSZ5MQvND5H9fnI4l9Nyr19dfcjdEps7Geo/s1600/IMG_2802.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_-8H5LOhuhd8tAfgukJecgjyoEb7D-PFj2ipMC55gkDjNeHA4D5OPRvH04xNqr_9BXO-alOHjiwz2v_Mr1v9V06EGM8JzUo0rgaBtLy38aSZ5MQvND5H9fnI4l9Nyr19dfcjdEps7Geo/s600/IMG_2802.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700154380349895330" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a>Prints drying after the first two colours are hand printed......</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp2HRVlWUUqGDpJqvY2N54fguj1aYUyE74t73YLfqG2Hy7bGkwSiiHbnf0v7JQkhqW6L2d8budddG82MubFaZOgS1Rpe6NylZnNZ86EhSNUFtnT4JU3SlTRXPwQ_bNIaw8ePBxn5FkAHc/s1600/IMG_2798.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp2HRVlWUUqGDpJqvY2N54fguj1aYUyE74t73YLfqG2Hy7bGkwSiiHbnf0v7JQkhqW6L2d8budddG82MubFaZOgS1Rpe6NylZnNZ86EhSNUFtnT4JU3SlTRXPwQ_bNIaw8ePBxn5FkAHc/s600/IMG_2798.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700156889266655266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Third colour - blue - on..... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ1dGckTDQSLYBhHQNBgqjdIlvwNY4iDi1DQEkJRUjIqSVwJyM2ki498E4n-JMnp86iG4HP_BKGUBev1TQBV2dopJ4MjwpcObz2cZlLCtcKqDnGQ3c2XR6v_R3WvuWUP_2I8EjRq56OmY/s600/IMG_2826.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700147706205599218" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;">Final detailing with the last block in beautiful black! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDdlLBjCNj2C2j1uxfRpQ6X-wrwPsdkRJ48xRJ3nnca7rvpRTHr0lbcAXw-Z42DY3SdYUd8wbVHqzhDMlATXh28Y2gAumy9hzeXbsG_zyadw1Rd58_d-eHDiuR-A32m2v5rxQqOFLvaI/s1600/IMG_5085.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDdlLBjCNj2C2j1uxfRpQ6X-wrwPsdkRJ48xRJ3nnca7rvpRTHr0lbcAXw-Z42DY3SdYUd8wbVHqzhDMlATXh28Y2gAumy9hzeXbsG_zyadw1Rd58_d-eHDiuR-A32m2v5rxQqOFLvaI/s600/IMG_5085.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700152367476273362" style="display: block; 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"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNDICCoP1baMC-p1IzozEdpUMJDe_tKrhf9anW6y6xrXXkDZky27eaiNvBa27juP0L2JzKBu6CzkyQjCWfB30DLd_w72CScg2qyWsm9utwYMcHgUHdoryd83rBem4yOLNosAXJTCaQnqM/s600/IMG_5083.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700152356218717234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">For you reader friends who wait for me to post here on Blogger,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'd love for you to drop by on my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">FB</span> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dithi/345717502209">page</a> as well,</div><div style="text-align: center;">as I keep posting studio progress updates there.</div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj6O0ExnUzKEYeUv9izZiaAMWRdC3NQ9g4OexoUkY_Z2Mg2ivY-3U8zYKIQqtC4YGl_e72rWB1hBEdmQG2IcdivCfAWF0lMmvwouq7cN8dgAOP2IbfcOi5WEzU-8hHjB_MVnyQsVJyx90/s1600/IMG_5082.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj6O0ExnUzKEYeUv9izZiaAMWRdC3NQ9g4OexoUkY_Z2Mg2ivY-3U8zYKIQqtC4YGl_e72rWB1hBEdmQG2IcdivCfAWF0lMmvwouq7cN8dgAOP2IbfcOi5WEzU-8hHjB_MVnyQsVJyx90/s600/IMG_5082.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700164662012629858" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div>Dithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166941147379398538noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390213015143149231.post-48364276755561004462011-12-31T14:22:00.006+01:002011-12-31T16:33:32.531+01:00Thank you<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center; "> *for walking alongside me through another </span><span style="text-align: center; "><i>very special</i> year*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>You </i>make me happy!</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnlm5qtp_zvWRA_SsNY-genAmDurqsEOgj1QFYAhvIfRwp5pKiXyb6YEbWCczb2g5-lZ07alkH07Kc6eY7VOOuxPB4rtrpZatyfff5xKCofywFCLCMVRcpFXgXzARhi3t_QPaocELlSuY/s1600/IMG_3249.JPG" style="text-align: left; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnlm5qtp_zvWRA_SsNY-genAmDurqsEOgj1QFYAhvIfRwp5pKiXyb6YEbWCczb2g5-lZ07alkH07Kc6eY7VOOuxPB4rtrpZatyfff5xKCofywFCLCMVRcpFXgXzARhi3t_QPaocELlSuY/s580/IMG_3249.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692286466672100050" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">My prayers, my love and my best wishes with you for 2012!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">*hope*light*music*<i>life</i>*<i>love</i>*beauty* </div>Dithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166941147379398538noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390213015143149231.post-4009992906681121342011-12-12T06:00:00.003+01:002011-12-12T06:07:15.224+01:00Cutting the wood<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvq4HubMP6fzGxwImYwMMzIWXq49OGU-S0LvSoU02qBUxL4nMgaBpvsEYtlRZSHAuP48FC6NSgdR3SByQ6bidmpKwGmiQL-LIjr9ghYt9jB947dkDJCSlrdrcQc-FS0iS-FID-l2kU13k/s1600/edits.jpg" style="text-align: left; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div>Dithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166941147379398538noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390213015143149231.post-8675246299637119582011-12-03T10:30:00.004+01:002011-12-03T10:35:58.556+01:00Times of India Durgotsav 2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCZwwMbbFGDWNCQxYaIVlwpsc2oGiMTOuPeJlq5byZ6yAOQXJuJctpP_JpUxAp_YtKpdNvGWrZYhlzfw7VUTCANx59OFxoK5yLe5k2S6L97ZQoc6d0Cg9tiIHJXPREZz4SE-qI2o__Ytk/s1600/Durgotsav+II+2011.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCZwwMbbFGDWNCQxYaIVlwpsc2oGiMTOuPeJlq5byZ6yAOQXJuJctpP_JpUxAp_YtKpdNvGWrZYhlzfw7VUTCANx59OFxoK5yLe5k2S6L97ZQoc6d0Cg9tiIHJXPREZz4SE-qI2o__Ytk/s580/Durgotsav+II+2011.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681832189331894770" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">My Durga Image used by TOI for the second year in a row! </div><div style="text-align: center;">(Newspaper campaign, Delhi, 26th September - 4th October, 2011)</div>Dithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166941147379398538noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390213015143149231.post-23560991146927247592011-11-29T06:16:00.008+01:002011-11-29T08:57:52.855+01:00Interview with Culturama<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: left; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9VRAmfgS1xFGj-KPdjiym_YKn5981e-6augMrEtsnhALUz-53e7dtoUUNODaJyEATEbet_N2XEnDpNIVLOmw8MlvrP0bE1px1Mdc4fbYglU7TzK3swYlQNbHGC2C3uzO7FYdwIJthAY/s1600/IMG_2696.JPG" style="text-align: left; " onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9VRAmfgS1xFGj-KPdjiym_YKn5981e-6augMrEtsnhALUz-53e7dtoUUNODaJyEATEbet_N2XEnDpNIVLOmw8MlvrP0bE1px1Mdc4fbYglU7TzK3swYlQNbHGC2C3uzO7FYdwIJthAY/s580/IMG_2696.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680283684438035634" /></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="il"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">My Bengali Lakshmi from 2009 used for the cover of <i><a href="http://www.globaladjustments.com/culturama.html">Culturama </a></i>(October 2011 issue), </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); float: none; ">India's only free cultural magazine for expatriates that works towards p</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><span class="Apple-style-span">romoting an understanding of Indian culture. </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><span class="Apple-style-span">You can read the interview (pg 7) on <a href="http://issuu.com/globaladjustments/docs/culturama_october_2011-web?viewMode=magazine">Issuu</a>.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqf7cXA9MqLseVp2jLg535O7UqiA6b32pOWC2A01aWt5GJnWk_Z96p69xCkpNwQDAXDJP0xK8vCyJQ7Z_8jCHhWQsTt5H4Hw7QkdIfs_PJPysSYe86w4fT_B5YB0q-hqL9YmzjeY1Npzo/s1600/IMG_2713.JPG" style="text-align: left; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; " /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div>This image made a beautiful journey from a pencil layout to the grooves of a block </div><div>and finally landed, in bright purple and black, on a deliciously textured archival paper.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzhj0roe8Cewrwkw-ZR7IrpmWGmMbowlYPj4-JoiKqdYdrObZuErbdVWX9sJkfuTtbWyx5gdkL0pl9KGUedC54EkbyjCf45aFKhH7gRZBtR7SIcHALs_xkbtsWdHyGQBEn2geVUxP7uxs/s1600/lino+layout.jpg" style="text-align: left; " onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzhj0roe8Cewrwkw-ZR7IrpmWGmMbowlYPj4-JoiKqdYdrObZuErbdVWX9sJkfuTtbWyx5gdkL0pl9KGUedC54EkbyjCf45aFKhH7gRZBtR7SIcHALs_xkbtsWdHyGQBEn2geVUxP7uxs/s580/lino+layout.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678997023546848418" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">The text is a line from a Tagore song:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; "><i>'<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_RLYXcTcbY"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Kotobaar</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">bhebechhinu</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">aapona</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">bhuliya</span>'</a></i></span><i>.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghbCO4nByRRXiJwpBOskqgywKZrxqmPVGFnICoz54IXmMsMQeIZd-fNCtYjIqHgkZ0QzAdw_tB0n7QL_80pR7E1j03MwHIuBt2cwQP-t6Ip4bzghYNGxZZLDjXpkCpht_fJ1YQI0eNzfo/s1600/IMG_2674WM.jpg" style="text-align: left; " onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghbCO4nByRRXiJwpBOskqgywKZrxqmPVGFnICoz54IXmMsMQeIZd-fNCtYjIqHgkZ0QzAdw_tB0n7QL_80pR7E1j03MwHIuBt2cwQP-t6Ip4bzghYNGxZZLDjXpkCpht_fJ1YQI0eNzfo/s580/IMG_2674WM.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678998581595850130" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am running way behind my normal blogging pace as printmaking and some </div><div style="text-align: center; ">painting assignments are leaving me with hardly any time to post.</div><div style="text-align: center;">To see more photos of my printmaking work from my Printmaking-<i>Guru</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Ramendra</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Nath</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Kastha's</span> studio, visit my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150353323782210.364812.345717502209&type=3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">FB</span> page</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB6vtp6OQnzzLrhPz_AkWKCi8DvRvC7vSEhlgqtFwxMGg4Tx6HFN4hmd6v5x_GSWcyL2mx6DX7SpRZe_inKuVEYZM3MdQ_aPXK5JSAeQ6D4dretDs5xi1I8umG2GZ3EXZsHkr2mB71NQc/s580/Corel.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679000559547126194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></div><div style="text-align: center;">None of this would have been possible if it hadn't been for </div><div style="text-align: center;">a wonderful teacher who never fails to inspire.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you readers, for your patience - your visits, (even the quiet ones) mean a lot to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Deezden</span>.</div>Dithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166941147379398538noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390213015143149231.post-22580830123741059862011-10-11T18:49:00.012+02:002011-10-11T21:14:08.869+02:00Printmaking in Kolkata<div style="text-align: center;">I had come to Kolkata for my cousin brother's wedding</div><div style="text-align: center;">in July and we had plans of going back in a month's time.</div><div style="text-align: center;">However, hubby needed to stay back to carry through</div><div style="text-align: center;">a project launch, so I <i>happily </i>obliged. Happily - because that meant</div><div style="text-align: center;">my chance to explore the city and its art scene.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The first thing I did was visit the esteemed <a href="http://gcac.edu.in/history.php">GCAC</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">to find out if there was a suitable creative space that I could work and learn at.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2fd99sXNO0g5hbegAHNzFmGVE3vMVTqPXey-KTw6B65twyEOptjyMmhhLrMOmk9gvFbCzQ_NhDPhSXQMgYg3zgxgLCE8ZJqpilDP413mxCcQWMzsrTVN7ZFj2afZnog_Vuqwuf9HtAS4/s1600/IMG_6558.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2fd99sXNO0g5hbegAHNzFmGVE3vMVTqPXey-KTw6B65twyEOptjyMmhhLrMOmk9gvFbCzQ_NhDPhSXQMgYg3zgxgLCE8ZJqpilDP413mxCcQWMzsrTVN7ZFj2afZnog_Vuqwuf9HtAS4/s600/IMG_6558.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662280096433845394" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; ">A meeting with the Principal where I could share my work</div><div style="text-align: center; ">and express my interest in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printmaking">Printmaking</a> </i>led to something wonderful.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">The college has offered me the opportunity to attend its printmaking </div><div style="text-align: center; ">department for a month, starting November 2011.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">That might happen if I do stay back till December.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu3EH3ez0w46bIogg7Di_g1lsiB_BMqT0xFTTFyC_5I9y32mUSu0bU14W-5rnNEvfm-Z87upAKwlGtedkOoNJiY8MllMG8Tn-lHjPhDdFtiojrfPOckvrZXVyh0AwgF85W00R3llnI58I/s600/IMG_6556.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662281503321287682" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; ">The college building is charming with its red walls, beautiful hand painted </div><div style="text-align: center; ">murals and huge corridors wrapped in the lush green trees.</div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHeef5YJPkuvODCkBAgFFUE8cICItin8NtqIBjtgI3hfAD9fgD0TGQXvTr1yEZCoSqA8IJr34pVgiBj3G1CsqPJ7hMhBKu_NijsQqNhZAbvkc1wsBLwljRQ_Sy501Hk4oe6gBIeiVnQY/s1600/IMG_6550.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHeef5YJPkuvODCkBAgFFUE8cICItin8NtqIBjtgI3hfAD9fgD0TGQXvTr1yEZCoSqA8IJr34pVgiBj3G1CsqPJ7hMhBKu_NijsQqNhZAbvkc1wsBLwljRQ_Sy501Hk4oe6gBIeiVnQY/s600/IMG_6550.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662280101577177042" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4iBHThTAd__i54waUJ7m36K7RTAr-OsCtfxb1w0upUHs9dPpJKHY9GQ0hB2B0taRQSf-j9Nl1W8Zt7SH8zpxnXU5rIIAEaeesD6HYPj9g3Y5SKpi_qI51iucqPy7odBvD08MoUfGxgEY/s1600/IMG_6560.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4iBHThTAd__i54waUJ7m36K7RTAr-OsCtfxb1w0upUHs9dPpJKHY9GQ0hB2B0taRQSf-j9Nl1W8Zt7SH8zpxnXU5rIIAEaeesD6HYPj9g3Y5SKpi_qI51iucqPy7odBvD08MoUfGxgEY/s600/IMG_6560.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662280121570462034" /></a><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUo4OWQ5jB1h50L4hyphenhyphenQEM69YBzNWt5DMbmNIODce1ap-eb7YeMvA_J_9CcGz20fLc5slayqNhT5aGSEZ0tG4swJPZR68wmMMGiWuc46hjn0uPxAv6vmwlKlGa-0EoNeDyxBp7-_R-BqB0/s1600/IMG_6561.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUo4OWQ5jB1h50L4hyphenhyphenQEM69YBzNWt5DMbmNIODce1ap-eb7YeMvA_J_9CcGz20fLc5slayqNhT5aGSEZ0tG4swJPZR68wmMMGiWuc46hjn0uPxAv6vmwlKlGa-0EoNeDyxBp7-_R-BqB0/s600/IMG_6561.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662280108317531746" /></a></div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHeef5YJPkuvODCkBAgFFUE8cICItin8NtqIBjtgI3hfAD9fgD0TGQXvTr1yEZCoSqA8IJr34pVgiBj3G1CsqPJ7hMhBKu_NijsQqNhZAbvkc1wsBLwljRQ_Sy501Hk4oe6gBIeiVnQY/s1600/IMG_6550.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3GOHDbfuV8_mHiYBftpFa2ecow_r-tNxrMWyh-XFTgyzw_XzXfHsyXdhE6SBPrEFdDVec0QQDyY01LOM317FXFVRbAFI_fL3Qg3XQxkbuTRiOjUsM2xqVBl1UxA8GAGWdXTiT8GhO37M/s1600/IMG_6554.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3GOHDbfuV8_mHiYBftpFa2ecow_r-tNxrMWyh-XFTgyzw_XzXfHsyXdhE6SBPrEFdDVec0QQDyY01LOM317FXFVRbAFI_fL3Qg3XQxkbuTRiOjUsM2xqVBl1UxA8GAGWdXTiT8GhO37M/s600/IMG_6554.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662280100236497842" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; ">The ancient staircases and the decorative walls</div><div style="text-align: center; ">are very well maintained and precious artwork adorns the walls</div><div style="text-align: center; ">of this building that contains 144 years of history. </div><div style="text-align: center; ">I was asked not to take any more photos but I had to share the ones I had.</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">I explored the possibilities of learning printmaking without having to wait that long </div><div style="text-align: center; ">and that led me to my current workspace!</div><div style="text-align: center; ">Am training here everyday, my current focus is relief prints.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">Here are some image updates from today's work:</div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7lJNp8hZ8zkiEILgNognorZtl57T7evwqJcX_zAPO3ZJNZ8TZCpG09Hn_8po3CJ_tL3GyxFBKP3bJIuSDV9ZvIDZ34vA1fuYG4pZEReUrROV2ChbACeN1ZlPYuipCrjUOkhrI7LeBNlE/s1600/IMG_1065-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7lJNp8hZ8zkiEILgNognorZtl57T7evwqJcX_zAPO3ZJNZ8TZCpG09Hn_8po3CJ_tL3GyxFBKP3bJIuSDV9ZvIDZ34vA1fuYG4pZEReUrROV2ChbACeN1ZlPYuipCrjUOkhrI7LeBNlE/s600/IMG_1065-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662288404794230498" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB8S9IDime8dgb14owGDIWX3WIMh2O-vu5Ym_-S02eSYFvolQem2Q5srCSgf8Z8hcSteG3yZMqVuc2TVyt__OJQsTd2CGu-_ACss_SZzrCasOH9MagDkewKTDV4gpifrMb0YQPcCbbevM/s1600/IMG_1068.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB8S9IDime8dgb14owGDIWX3WIMh2O-vu5Ym_-S02eSYFvolQem2Q5srCSgf8Z8hcSteG3yZMqVuc2TVyt__OJQsTd2CGu-_ACss_SZzrCasOH9MagDkewKTDV4gpifrMb0YQPcCbbevM/s600/IMG_1068.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662288407707689154" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; ">This is a 4 colour composition, in red-green.black and white.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">Cutting the block of wood is the starting point.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">The first set of prints have been taken and then you cut the block again </div><div style="text-align: center; ">to prepare it for the second colour.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">This is my third print, the first 2 were 2 and 3-colour sets.</div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7y5UXkXAPwlux7mCAfTEsaILTAW0gL-W1yycpBKU6hc-bIbTIoNz06QrVgIGgMkeBQhY3mdkaAaIzrHW-Q2hOYt6bi7jojmA-AhDll5fNv0ycHs11VmY69NbmwKAfv5sObOga3Keyk0Q/s1600/IMG_1079.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7y5UXkXAPwlux7mCAfTEsaILTAW0gL-W1yycpBKU6hc-bIbTIoNz06QrVgIGgMkeBQhY3mdkaAaIzrHW-Q2hOYt6bi7jojmA-AhDll5fNv0ycHs11VmY69NbmwKAfv5sObOga3Keyk0Q/s600/IMG_1079.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662281504262144834" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It's great fun to cut up a composition on these blocks, </div><div style="text-align: center;">ink them and then take prints manually.</div></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8qQvJnnT_z6OvKsOacJ8G0p3i9oD02btuFnuJt3rpy3-JAtlyQoHPGfb98m_aWchizY1Wq_Vi7gmvvyKg5AvELOMTwfCfXACJlDR0vCewPtu6942-FQhDfdo2Biw4AW7GjteSrDgKRp8/s1600/IMG_1077-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8qQvJnnT_z6OvKsOacJ8G0p3i9oD02btuFnuJt3rpy3-JAtlyQoHPGfb98m_aWchizY1Wq_Vi7gmvvyKg5AvELOMTwfCfXACJlDR0vCewPtu6942-FQhDfdo2Biw4AW7GjteSrDgKRp8/s600/IMG_1077-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662288409780234674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJfwlIQdBA1CGPDlSpd6__BtV2vYFyvPLtHSVjh6n5gECzgaTwABKwZ0rSCT6OLgAxuq2FZLR6TIxW6kf_Au9WgLea0JliD03AWwAnMkmoZ7BnJteCQuSMTl-70Fp8XzP2xrLoNweKRO8/s600/IMG_1083-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662305676966474898" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBC41KL59pYIkw2Fvg_MgFW0mkaD2X62qu-2dxexUtWDQRabDiC0-0j1U7KXey0MqP-6-Jq1pL0S0cDa-Tole98dPPdA8lp1UdmbRravWmXk4XAK5VhH_QnjP8gLUS2xpFLlu140Fn5Ds/s1600/editing.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBC41KL59pYIkw2Fvg_MgFW0mkaD2X62qu-2dxexUtWDQRabDiC0-0j1U7KXey0MqP-6-Jq1pL0S0cDa-Tole98dPPdA8lp1UdmbRravWmXk4XAK5VhH_QnjP8gLUS2xpFLlu140Fn5Ds/s600/editing.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662288396059097106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another student at the studio, cuts his linoleum block</div><div style="text-align: center;">for a 4 colour print. It was my wish to make woodcut</div><div style="text-align: center;">prints for a long time, little did I know that it'll actually happen. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For those of you waiting for the Durga Puja photos (I have too many!),</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have created another blog for these and I'll be posting</div><div style="text-align: center;">all my captures (image n videos) <a href="http://mydurgapuja2011.blogspot.com/">there</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >You can start following to get updates as and when the posts are made.</span></div>Dithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166941147379398538noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390213015143149231.post-34661862831521865842011-09-30T07:00:00.021+02:002011-09-30T10:27:19.935+02:00Image updates from Kolkata :I: Mahalaya & Tarpan<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35424WwQ3EsDwDitrEAEQX_QE5Zk6pcI9TBaouM_VWpXY3FKB8ZMngFRG-boFnOXAsmj7OiI3XTpO404zNLhwfxx9eKgI3qorehUPDTZb03PqKa4ACsKczt-Z8cIpumlNaa-VuOCAkvE/s1600/IMG_7246.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35424WwQ3EsDwDitrEAEQX_QE5Zk6pcI9TBaouM_VWpXY3FKB8ZMngFRG-boFnOXAsmj7OiI3XTpO404zNLhwfxx9eKgI3qorehUPDTZb03PqKa4ACsKczt-Z8cIpumlNaa-VuOCAkvE/s600/IMG_7246.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658025727544573522" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">That time of the year again,when Kolkata feels insanely alive.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Maa Durga has come to town, the city is on a hyper drive </div><div style="text-align: center;">with last minute shopping being finished on one side and</div><div style="text-align: center;">pandal construction + Goddess installations on the other. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Both spectacular. Both maddening.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mahalaya is the day which heralds the beginning of the festival.</div><div style="text-align: center;">A day that every Bengali starts with the radio telecast of</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birendra_Krishna_Bhadra">Birendra Krishna Bhadra's</a> </i><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uwjlI82yzk&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLB55B12B2819B3D84">Mahishasur Mardini.</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;">A day when thousands of Hindus take a dip in Maa Ganga </div><div style="text-align: center;">and pay respect to the departed ancestors with food offerings - <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitru_Paksha">tarpan</a></i>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are some images from the ghats.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnqLqga0KSPOHS2W_cb0Jx12bFE3vlA7JXMmlUoqbzvNA8oG5Fr_qEE9MFH6jKYs8mhP12nNBHgL7D9JaVJkNVi8Dsb6IACTh9nvokhF-vXdAOD9VwqiVoGsn1Elb2pSncpVM7xzW0Lc4/s1600/IMG_7053-1.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnqLqga0KSPOHS2W_cb0Jx12bFE3vlA7JXMmlUoqbzvNA8oG5Fr_qEE9MFH6jKYs8mhP12nNBHgL7D9JaVJkNVi8Dsb6IACTh9nvokhF-vXdAOD9VwqiVoGsn1Elb2pSncpVM7xzW0Lc4/s600/IMG_7053-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658031954574060722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLBYDD-jns66uOZyYgjvoUv_fgfqzhHrHHH1BFbsLWxbGckVm4A12hTxTQy6CXOkVLCdXMsocvg_rgWm8tXwbeM_IaCb_IBuTqa7EZhLun1IK_iFx3ibgSkAFS5vhJTrJpJKvKS0PhUNM/s600/IMG_7082.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658015947947244946" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr61bezHBu_YHd6uipUQ4StN35obheO7Lh6rGX9t8wecY9JXdkPHk6YFHwtJSJpiLs8r1IVwZ7vTZX7cQiojSj24sYcRtxYpMhNU8KygG7fKCMhkU_g6TGHGxacFIcOoKDSfxqWNuiF2o/s1600/IMG_7111.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr61bezHBu_YHd6uipUQ4StN35obheO7Lh6rGX9t8wecY9JXdkPHk6YFHwtJSJpiLs8r1IVwZ7vTZX7cQiojSj24sYcRtxYpMhNU8KygG7fKCMhkU_g6TGHGxacFIcOoKDSfxqWNuiF2o/s600/IMG_7111.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658019280786503474" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBVG4cOWSRo36jO5pH2A0ZlvqUjqwD1IBAyhEGyBAWfMsVH7Z2HSzt4_PeSgbmfAxc7zr4jpHnT2GUgkv-pPwiVui19iB6N0unVTFFFy53zHzX50I2r-waTSw55DwKeiTBjk9Dn90WBNk/s1600/IMG_7069.JPG" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); " onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBVG4cOWSRo36jO5pH2A0ZlvqUjqwD1IBAyhEGyBAWfMsVH7Z2HSzt4_PeSgbmfAxc7zr4jpHnT2GUgkv-pPwiVui19iB6N0unVTFFFy53zHzX50I2r-waTSw55DwKeiTBjk9Dn90WBNk/s600/IMG_7069.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658015955092995394" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">The priests play a very important role and wait at the steps</div><div style="text-align: center;">of the ghats, take each and every one up to the river,</div><div style="text-align: center;">chant prayers and guide the offering process.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrXXbFtPtfXEJZY7upLAe4xaz37QmySv8O4HkCg8fGvS7mIKWsaSZ6B-59uktwxVQ2NAZElaXJJ-l1iGEnaKeePMvk1Q9cEnTC0-10aqVqSpFnjgB65HH4QG5rL4ia9xKwFzOMDLETHr4/s1600/IMG_7075.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrXXbFtPtfXEJZY7upLAe4xaz37QmySv8O4HkCg8fGvS7mIKWsaSZ6B-59uktwxVQ2NAZElaXJJ-l1iGEnaKeePMvk1Q9cEnTC0-10aqVqSpFnjgB65HH4QG5rL4ia9xKwFzOMDLETHr4/s600/IMG_7075.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658029394604547938" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHGKo0Hw6_xHpa2mdxd571IGI9-jfa-PPExaMRY5ID_Rf3PNOt1en0mmXrkubXlL5RjhW7Ua845evmwwjW0Z_8h5943dJRLXNtrQetAv_tltueZSPYUXJCwRDqbd1N08R2bUZHulZrDBM/s600/IMG_7165.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658029388972838386" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9_3mFdHvFSNHoMlxcO5MPQtxiNIdezRNaU5ZN4870ydsErDuCYTOof-5W4E61U46zj6bjXEzseOtynKSlIdLVl4ZJn2_ms2lVcvXcPlQh3txvnDg5Dz7SZHISJVkGlp2c6Bf1kH4hV4/s1600/IMG_7147.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9_3mFdHvFSNHoMlxcO5MPQtxiNIdezRNaU5ZN4870ydsErDuCYTOof-5W4E61U46zj6bjXEzseOtynKSlIdLVl4ZJn2_ms2lVcvXcPlQh3txvnDg5Dz7SZHISJVkGlp2c6Bf1kH4hV4/s600/IMG_7147.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658021104674398706" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ7x_NcSVWded-8lBDPeF15IbiMvIrUf7rnD6gd9dNKuF-ztvQCbiixY21JFo6Jp0_VU_Oss3jI9-wPxBZY0FP3elPY_2u2Twl7ERgh_iEhFQeAIHmbwzZXzReRCZPeBKACEGKQV1AX7s/s1600/IMG_7113.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ7x_NcSVWded-8lBDPeF15IbiMvIrUf7rnD6gd9dNKuF-ztvQCbiixY21JFo6Jp0_VU_Oss3jI9-wPxBZY0FP3elPY_2u2Twl7ERgh_iEhFQeAIHmbwzZXzReRCZPeBKACEGKQV1AX7s/s600/IMG_7113.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658029392358317266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidL62kAorxwU4ydCWGGm9pRQkFtpgSwL8UfQc0yWA89wAo_cUqy_V81fUI5sWhaE4Qm-sh0iqrXr6stpb6bwUSq6ZQwbnxQ8xOXNLKQMfFUEhRjUi1qtdsAZSi9nNuBb4mSdGxi60jQ_E/s600/IMG_7065.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658029398363101298" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIE2LHYGEqUmtfJk3e1Xdgn9RGFbDatIQUNUDE5kDzTxqo-HuKLotp-FbY4vPzsdhTv4ynviAf-GadepgHm_g6p5MFAuv-_DGckC6SFmXn_cODXh5ih2GKJzeZBSyGq7pdxfTsKE4DRgA/s1600/IMG_7124.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIE2LHYGEqUmtfJk3e1Xdgn9RGFbDatIQUNUDE5kDzTxqo-HuKLotp-FbY4vPzsdhTv4ynviAf-GadepgHm_g6p5MFAuv-_DGckC6SFmXn_cODXh5ih2GKJzeZBSyGq7pdxfTsKE4DRgA/s600/IMG_7124.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658021098672902546" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The little boys and girls, some of who are probably not even very sure</div><div style="text-align: center;">what this is all about, just soak in the glory of the ambiance</div><div style="text-align: center;">and enjoy the dip in the waters!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGuBP5FPKAL3pO8H4DcnA65ONkOtw_03dx1bIObvSpoQYSf_19T8i9sOVyLGYRqoLM9K0_PY8Mfl7zLfOBEaSjeM0XseF-MT0Oh-lrHlfU8HeYS3OGWDKw7vO_b9TtWFENgsysctPXiqQ/s1600/IMG_7262.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGuBP5FPKAL3pO8H4DcnA65ONkOtw_03dx1bIObvSpoQYSf_19T8i9sOVyLGYRqoLM9K0_PY8Mfl7zLfOBEaSjeM0XseF-MT0Oh-lrHlfU8HeYS3OGWDKw7vO_b9TtWFENgsysctPXiqQ/s600/IMG_7262.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658025736172751874" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Street musicians from rural Bengal <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73361bU7hu8&feature=player_embedded">play</a> at the banks,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>kirtans </i>or devotional songs, mostly praising Lord Krishna.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6FqRtmCkMALiv0Q07EqeUNfBVMoX0A8PfyLozGtB0JlbexiXQ8PoY1asHpdeSLtMhtb5k8PPmIQJ8DEtSfBShDb2vV98pNmags2EJqX2zTlpvXWFsqBb_RBvWb3upIjowLuwmmKH3xAI/s1600/IMG_7259.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6FqRtmCkMALiv0Q07EqeUNfBVMoX0A8PfyLozGtB0JlbexiXQ8PoY1asHpdeSLtMhtb5k8PPmIQJ8DEtSfBShDb2vV98pNmags2EJqX2zTlpvXWFsqBb_RBvWb3upIjowLuwmmKH3xAI/s600/IMG_7259.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658025731375473938" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWPOBcihsMA28PiSaxzkgHwZmYFGXm1G-ZchPQp25TDTSiFCSUO2Ny-HdUby0u6MvZWuLtVlFCF-qx_eamZRwXxuZiNd87clIFXUhMhfdx97efyG0K4jbII9E5uUIEBOQK5DTyuDIZl40/s1600/IMG_7126.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWPOBcihsMA28PiSaxzkgHwZmYFGXm1G-ZchPQp25TDTSiFCSUO2Ny-HdUby0u6MvZWuLtVlFCF-qx_eamZRwXxuZiNd87clIFXUhMhfdx97efyG0K4jbII9E5uUIEBOQK5DTyuDIZl40/s600/IMG_7126.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658025725541145522" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A young priest who held hands and prayed for many that morning.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7UJW6fNeOYOmLo4K9gzmyhx-y26-aCH-D0Y4oXrpKacieoFiyZlwJ_YMvD8jbez0KxiZyJojd3nL-mYbpLoBeGAoW4HCMbynhE4wmyjBSLiulUs1Dw_mGqXUJ27rtOO6gBrn42rEKC6Q/s1600/IMG_7157-1.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7UJW6fNeOYOmLo4K9gzmyhx-y26-aCH-D0Y4oXrpKacieoFiyZlwJ_YMvD8jbez0KxiZyJojd3nL-mYbpLoBeGAoW4HCMbynhE4wmyjBSLiulUs1Dw_mGqXUJ27rtOO6gBrn42rEKC6Q/s600/IMG_7157-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658046177142733714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The beautiful green soil of the river came up to the banks</div><div style="text-align: center;">and before every offering is made, the priest puts a </div><div style="text-align: center;">little bit of the holy soil on the foreheads on the worshipers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinHFKxn-wnkh1x1WOVucohhRA8A6P9ibIQS4-jo7w1FT_MRdR2u-k5qQBinuhnu8SQTZya6cqhuLOn5gzjtDZjHjZBeka0FQjapx4BuwpJ1BThjFfztcq0je6eqHnkZUUTqA8egGG2d-M/s1600/IMG_7204-3.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinHFKxn-wnkh1x1WOVucohhRA8A6P9ibIQS4-jo7w1FT_MRdR2u-k5qQBinuhnu8SQTZya6cqhuLOn5gzjtDZjHjZBeka0FQjapx4BuwpJ1BThjFfztcq0je6eqHnkZUUTqA8egGG2d-M/s600/IMG_7204-3.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658062095878146354" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">While the river banks woke up to offerings of <i>tarpan,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">the rest of the city witnessed the homecoming, literally,</div><div style="text-align: center;">huge idols of the Goddess being lifted and carried to</div><div style="text-align: center;">what will be her home for the next 10 days.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMnwFn69QqKf8fPrBK1ELlCywJQTc-7or_EJU1dQcN_TGb72-tF31_BiTurJbk0Ds6FqhY_R3MmU9AIKmbEEVV3JQpn4ISlRPioAQyK0xeJqrbCEURNFEdWF3bPnpTmyP4uiaNDuaCg6o/s1600/IMG_7453-1.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMnwFn69QqKf8fPrBK1ELlCywJQTc-7or_EJU1dQcN_TGb72-tF31_BiTurJbk0Ds6FqhY_R3MmU9AIKmbEEVV3JQpn4ISlRPioAQyK0xeJqrbCEURNFEdWF3bPnpTmyP4uiaNDuaCg6o/s600/IMG_7453-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658062100684262594" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am hoping to take and post puja photos from Kolkata</div><div style="text-align: center;">as a series, so stay tuned. Shubho Mahalaya and happy pujas to all.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35424WwQ3EsDwDitrEAEQX_QE5Zk6pcI9TBaouM_VWpXY3FKB8ZMngFRG-boFnOXAsmj7OiI3XTpO404zNLhwfxx9eKgI3qorehUPDTZb03PqKa4ACsKczt-Z8cIpumlNaa-VuOCAkvE/s1600/IMG_7246.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></div></div>Dithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166941147379398538noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390213015143149231.post-39697474740226205262011-09-04T08:56:00.012+02:002011-09-04T15:43:19.959+02:00Featured in BBC Good Homes<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivjlVop_kWy8kelRz-wNGU2_QKmA9f07M9O_FEESK4zKwOJipCDNG2_3ASYOexr0iImqblXTs_XpMqQ_IVdnnolyhLAPN6ts3PzAfey1LVYM4rZzDzK7yQls1IhxKl18YUjITwpNKEdc0/s1600/Ganesh+final-1+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></a></div><div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Time for a couple of updates for all my readers. My work has been featured </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >in the the BBC Good Homes India magazine September Issue 2011,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span">article <i>'Doe-eyed damsels' </i> in their art/designer profiles </span>feature</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" > titled '<i>Homemade beauties'</i>.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTmc4EBzC_xvHpJmjYIFR46mQUsVp-Cc6iAIdim4vKS8fXznHUiZtZVAhLzbo4kKLlBYqApA7kwoHEUkhEzBkbFDpJmFeUqy9CEbwu7Di1WN4o8gbFUe2uXBX_PIMsUabcBJ8tHQ9OMQg/s1600/Good+Homes+Feature1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTmc4EBzC_xvHpJmjYIFR46mQUsVp-Cc6iAIdim4vKS8fXznHUiZtZVAhLzbo4kKLlBYqApA7kwoHEUkhEzBkbFDpJmFeUqy9CEbwu7Di1WN4o8gbFUe2uXBX_PIMsUabcBJ8tHQ9OMQg/s600/Good+Homes+Feature1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648404298167511874" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm2ymVbJyhCOSgDhJ0GBULFZlJ5nofLe3Tpws2qrorBe1g52iwtUgKHFBUprKdNrg7RWfqyqFgv3YMdWlHvI5u5_1YOl_hyphenhyphenMvDCWrWeTw83d7MBzggDwgEHtlZKhXkeV3hiNnbTdIX5Rw/s1600/IMG_6681.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm2ymVbJyhCOSgDhJ0GBULFZlJ5nofLe3Tpws2qrorBe1g52iwtUgKHFBUprKdNrg7RWfqyqFgv3YMdWlHvI5u5_1YOl_hyphenhyphenMvDCWrWeTw83d7MBzggDwgEHtlZKhXkeV3hiNnbTdIX5Rw/s600/IMG_6681.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648404297842997026" /></span></a></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><u>
<br /></u></span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >I am honoured to be part of this wonderful magazine </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span">and even more so to </span>share space here with two ladies who need no introduction, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >whom I admire and whose work I adore:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="http://artnlight.blogspot.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Vineeta</span> Nair</a> (who has been an inspiration & a huge support for me </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >since the time we e-met each other on <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">blog land</span>) and <a href="http://jellicle-cat.blogspot.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Kalyani</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Ganapathy</span></a>.</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMDRJkYml9Ct2Rpt4djJlPoGEKoj5QfVisgKtYr386oJd9KaWZ5opkkOa0V1ET9-MO7V4jUYQwltt7aTD0dZgF7UfFJ9Tfave1I46TkEYWe3trUC251dEWp2T1S2ta9DIQ_PZfk5ADU_w/s1600/Good+Homes+Feature.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMDRJkYml9Ct2Rpt4djJlPoGEKoj5QfVisgKtYr386oJd9KaWZ5opkkOa0V1ET9-MO7V4jUYQwltt7aTD0dZgF7UfFJ9Tfave1I46TkEYWe3trUC251dEWp2T1S2ta9DIQ_PZfk5ADU_w/s600/Good+Homes+Feature.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648404293285763538" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span">A big thanks to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Chandana</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Banerjee</span> and the BBC Good Homes India team</span>.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Chandana</span> blogs at <i><a href="http://cookiejarsandfireflies.blogspot.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">cookiejarsandfireflies</span></a> </i>where she says:</span></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >''Writing and journalism are my bread, butter and jam;</span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >running <a href="http://pinkelephantwritingstudio.com/about-us.htm">Pink Elephant Writing Studio</a>, the coffee I need every morning;</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>embroidery, art and craft, the icing on the cake.'' </i>Indeed!</span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >
<br /></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>The second update, </i>I was in India for a wedding in the family since July end</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >and had plans of returning to Geneva end of August.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >However, there have been some change of plans and </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >we are not going back until <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Durga</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">puja</span> is over.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >One of the first things I did when we decided to extend our stay</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span">was to visit the art institutes and galleries </span>to explore </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >possibilities, and, the response has been great so far.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span">More updates on that front later. </span>Painting and blogging resumes.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivjlVop_kWy8kelRz-wNGU2_QKmA9f07M9O_FEESK4zKwOJipCDNG2_3ASYOexr0iImqblXTs_XpMqQ_IVdnnolyhLAPN6ts3PzAfey1LVYM4rZzDzK7yQls1IhxKl18YUjITwpNKEdc0/s1600/Ganesh+final-1+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivjlVop_kWy8kelRz-wNGU2_QKmA9f07M9O_FEESK4zKwOJipCDNG2_3ASYOexr0iImqblXTs_XpMqQ_IVdnnolyhLAPN6ts3PzAfey1LVYM4rZzDzK7yQls1IhxKl18YUjITwpNKEdc0/s600/Ganesh+final-1+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648405473801717458" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></span></a></div><div><div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Ganesh</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">ji</span> visits us during <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganesh_Chaturthi"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Chaturthi</span></a> each year,</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span">which was at the beginning of this month.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Here is Ganesha dressed as a north-Indian groom</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span">with his two wives <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consorts_of_Ganesha"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Ridhhi</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Sidhhi</span></a> </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>dressed in a southern Indian traditional style</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Mount: Gallery wrapped canvas</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Medium : Acrylics</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Size: 20.5 cm X 25cm</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimGUlWrGgSoNyG1RM_tg4N7xXtXBJ9R3an0N8EvU-Grv2mk_W4s02jaxkVejsVcxMnRVAOZHqLPXs1AQaRIdQ58R0KmAuscMb64IxF9NSL2OI1xP-dIbnLFX82fYve6wJBBIp3sg36suA/s1600/artwork.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimGUlWrGgSoNyG1RM_tg4N7xXtXBJ9R3an0N8EvU-Grv2mk_W4s02jaxkVejsVcxMnRVAOZHqLPXs1AQaRIdQ58R0KmAuscMb64IxF9NSL2OI1xP-dIbnLFX82fYve6wJBBIp3sg36suA/s600/artwork.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648410397977281474" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Ridhhi</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Sidhhi</span> have brought him his favourite sweets </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">(<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">modaks</span> from the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Mumbai</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">rasgullas</span> from the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Kolkata</span>).</span></div><div>My work started here on this blog,</div><div>with all of <i>you</i> and it is your support and feedback that</div><div>keeps me going, thank you for your patience and love.</div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div>Dithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166941147379398538noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390213015143149231.post-63202718153980461182011-07-20T00:45:00.014+02:002011-07-20T13:39:58.077+02:00The golden deer আমার সোনার হরিণ চাই<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBuCGwfP5OW-wHJDjAPR9k0ohw4OR54VQ4dB9-b87_P8yl0bCyAcRA0K-uBcoYrElR9vTX3Pmcdg-SMvKB4BBJ5pj8bJ1qMo9lIoWWv4o9NjfTbBUUbQQ1nRQaF4HPpFAnb5taHrbVUog/s1600/deer.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBuCGwfP5OW-wHJDjAPR9k0ohw4OR54VQ4dB9-b87_P8yl0bCyAcRA0K-uBcoYrElR9vTX3Pmcdg-SMvKB4BBJ5pj8bJ1qMo9lIoWWv4o9NjfTbBUUbQQ1nRQaF4HPpFAnb5taHrbVUog/s580/deer.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631204981983574450" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>''The Golden Deer''</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">30 cm x 30 cm </div><div style="text-align: center;">(Acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas,</div><div style="text-align: center;">finished with matte and glossy varnish)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Inspired by the words of a <a href="http://www.muzigle.com/track/tora-je-ja-bolish-bhai"><i>song</i></a> by Tagore.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; ">''তোরা যে যা বলিস ভাই আমার সোনার হরিণ চাই<br />ও সেই মনোহরণ চপল চরণ সোনার হরিণ চাই''</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxlrbMEEuvtmwhXHKvBnpGthZp98b0fQ1xK4fibbkqpI5laGHEbkSRa9e0CJDQSGZzNyuA-7CMEUhsjJ5ndN6mv9_BhBYAYkEiXYZsb6tn34s81U1X6rchY8eFVrErEXz4XqjRF_Ckod8/s1600/art.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxlrbMEEuvtmwhXHKvBnpGthZp98b0fQ1xK4fibbkqpI5laGHEbkSRa9e0CJDQSGZzNyuA-7CMEUhsjJ5ndN6mv9_BhBYAYkEiXYZsb6tn34s81U1X6rchY8eFVrErEXz4XqjRF_Ckod8/s580/art.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631339125319308178" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">''সে যে চমকে বেড়ায় দৃষ্টি এড়ায় যায় না তারে বাঁধা<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">সে যে নাগাল পেলে পালায় ঠেলে লাগায় চোখে ধাঁধা<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">আমি ছুটব পিছে মিছে মিছে পাই বা নাহি পাই<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">আমি আপন মনে মাঠে বনে উধাও হয়ে ধাই''</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tagore describes the deer as an elusive,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; ">evasive creature - untamed and unattainable.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">Yet, the poet is determined to chase it without a care.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwvXTwxlOt_xxao4fAlaEIDLAb6t2xYYvtycd5bZ5QXBvSiQCaeFDLhuyu4gUcZk9QwVyx1THOkjHNksOFu_GPtgqLzBGb6xNZ-u-x-foAl_78Wjgn-H6JZ09d4oEsXbdPaKvtKilO9I/s1600/IMG_6060.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwvXTwxlOt_xxao4fAlaEIDLAb6t2xYYvtycd5bZ5QXBvSiQCaeFDLhuyu4gUcZk9QwVyx1THOkjHNksOFu_GPtgqLzBGb6xNZ-u-x-foAl_78Wjgn-H6JZ09d4oEsXbdPaKvtKilO9I/s580/IMG_6060.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631364953740190194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;">The concept of chasing the golden deer </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;">has its origins in the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maricha">Ramayana</a>,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; ">an episode humorously told in the animation below:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uCmrrQnLDbg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In fact, the deer has played significant roles in </div><div style="text-align: center;">mythologies <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_in_mythology">across the world.</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">In the Indian context, the golden deer symbolises <i>maya,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; ">an illusion, that which prevents man </div><div style="text-align: center; ">from seeing the world as it truely is.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">We are all chasing the golden deer, each one of us, </div><div style="text-align: center; ">in different forms......aren't we :) ? !!</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Moving on from that rather philosophical thought (ahem!),</div><div style="text-align: center;">here are some depictions of this scene from the epic tale</div><div style="text-align: center;">through different Indian folk art forms:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQMatbaB3sbw3Vb1rGmudvoMI8ANmqbo3_wvW6h3XoBOAGe9igSH628B4Q8uDoF3ShcCVMN8JmNFJ1116_OhQM-3IyQH7BO51C3jmzuSi_917uC3tg2sROCeHzUYh4kkmurVcWULnjGU/s1600/Maricha_Malwa.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQMatbaB3sbw3Vb1rGmudvoMI8ANmqbo3_wvW6h3XoBOAGe9igSH628B4Q8uDoF3ShcCVMN8JmNFJ1116_OhQM-3IyQH7BO51C3jmzuSi_917uC3tg2sROCeHzUYh4kkmurVcWULnjGU/s580/Maricha_Malwa.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631386727930451634" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a><a href="http://www.indiapicks.com/Indianart/Images_MP/Malwa_Rama_Golden_Deer.jpg"><i>Malwa miniature painting </i></a>in bright bold colours,</div><div style="text-align: center;">dating back to circa 1634 -40 A.D.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Az1e4Qv2nFiPrfJaGcNwnWiC7hN7ww1MXarztssXlx8G_caJoEvW93w35wItZBDDl77bpVmX0YKE9tPiPDpvKZE5HYEM20VfMIK3dda3FEmkFQFexeMT2xxcngQUCWfQ0A9oLrhyphenhyphenbsw/s1600/Maricha_Madhubani.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Az1e4Qv2nFiPrfJaGcNwnWiC7hN7ww1MXarztssXlx8G_caJoEvW93w35wItZBDDl77bpVmX0YKE9tPiPDpvKZE5HYEM20VfMIK3dda3FEmkFQFexeMT2xxcngQUCWfQ0A9oLrhyphenhyphenbsw/s580/Maricha_Madhubani.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631386722302183634" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A <a href="http://www.madhubaniarts.co.uk/index.php/2009/09/12/hiran-vadh-a-scene-from-ramayana/"><i>madhubani depiction </i></a>in the typical folk style.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRaCDnjMrbpuWFF1F06gNTDv-wzhev7kkJiI_ksD_1ik3tVD3bEeDZDlbkWoyaP0MD63AVVGVFCGv4vPQ9AFBxToKy9FyxAZlwXVlWaJQ4QbQswasFDG25TTmFvtx9Ju5ORra47aQw4CI/s1600/Maricha_Miniature.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRaCDnjMrbpuWFF1F06gNTDv-wzhev7kkJiI_ksD_1ik3tVD3bEeDZDlbkWoyaP0MD63AVVGVFCGv4vPQ9AFBxToKy9FyxAZlwXVlWaJQ4QbQswasFDG25TTmFvtx9Ju5ORra47aQw4CI/s580/Maricha_Miniature.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631386719780525778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a>A <i><a href="http://www.artoflegendindia.com/hunting-golden-deer-p-6382.html">north-Indian miniature style</a></i> rendition of the scene.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj37OERMtFzoj1URHnG4obzn5A8qMcpNSurzgPkFK0a-CzsjMpbTrmME_xGqrkEey7-t0G8qj4S1orI5ye3ek_4VRp5HBkt2Eflq4uDJuwuwiRbSbjB6WBUXEy7c8nb-8HsQrtDbql9DxA/s1600/slaying_of_maricha_in_golden_deers_guise_and_abduction_pj90.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj37OERMtFzoj1URHnG4obzn5A8qMcpNSurzgPkFK0a-CzsjMpbTrmME_xGqrkEey7-t0G8qj4S1orI5ye3ek_4VRp5HBkt2Eflq4uDJuwuwiRbSbjB6WBUXEy7c8nb-8HsQrtDbql9DxA/s580/slaying_of_maricha_in_golden_deers_guise_and_abduction_pj90.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631386713194589538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a>Another very ornate <i><a href="http://www.exoticindiaart.com/product/paintings/slaying-of-maricha-in-golden-deer-s-guise-and-abduction-of-sita-PJ90/">Orissa patachitra (scroll painting) style</a></i> illustration.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhceGaqZxSfb4-bRbbNG1gPawP_wkWXOV4y4HX_pHlBCadK_yrnkrD-9ijfdW2l0D4jIcPQyaF9Kw2DWxRC7s4cLgMqg1tVKzIAKNRPT0x1xIyuRWDrMRmFNqOdFFMNwt32VpJVWrr77mw/s1600/Golden+Deer_+Hussain.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhceGaqZxSfb4-bRbbNG1gPawP_wkWXOV4y4HX_pHlBCadK_yrnkrD-9ijfdW2l0D4jIcPQyaF9Kw2DWxRC7s4cLgMqg1tVKzIAKNRPT0x1xIyuRWDrMRmFNqOdFFMNwt32VpJVWrr77mw/s580/Golden+Deer_+Hussain.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631391145796579762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Even Hussain rendered this, in fact, this was one of his works <a href="http://business.in.com/article/recliner/husain/26132/3">auctioned</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">a few hours after the news of his passing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0w2KBbNs0B9awld316fbJHhvQkKc-TEME7_4iqftZMmglPyWGOjww_HPih8A1zi8PNzpDhyphenhyphenOo-Vxkv0-OEDD7zkgAyLNrhrh6xXAdOtwQ91ptyLZI-9zhLIYIO9S-achcgt_2Hm-2R3U/s1600/IMG_6046.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0w2KBbNs0B9awld316fbJHhvQkKc-TEME7_4iqftZMmglPyWGOjww_HPih8A1zi8PNzpDhyphenhyphenOo-Vxkv0-OEDD7zkgAyLNrhrh6xXAdOtwQ91ptyLZI-9zhLIYIO9S-achcgt_2Hm-2R3U/s580/IMG_6046.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631394530592304242" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Last, but not the least, a page from one of my <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Light-India-Conflagration-Indian-Matchbox/dp/1580088570/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311161630&sr=1-1">favourite books</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">of vintage Indian match box designs on the deer.</div><div style="text-align: center;">You'll see the starting point of my painting in one of these,</div><div style="text-align: center;">no points for guessing which one :)!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope you enjoyed this post, the print of this painting</div><div style="text-align: center;">will be available in my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/deezden">shop</a> in a couple of days.</div>Dithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166941147379398538noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390213015143149231.post-34338274968566448992011-06-05T12:37:00.004+02:002011-06-05T12:49:24.199+02:00Sketch-in-progress::commission<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqSpKM7hvZxSt7FbH-G5B2pdF4nEcQIEtcune4svw_xB2Qbr0lKlkj7wumM0yG67C-CqGEuvUQCQ4zyGSRweoX6QLKvPKQP6Gxc4eQHSSmZRIds2y2XnLEKVTmqkC5QQcB13NOaFz26pY/s1600/IMG_5220-2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqSpKM7hvZxSt7FbH-G5B2pdF4nEcQIEtcune4svw_xB2Qbr0lKlkj7wumM0yG67C-CqGEuvUQCQ4zyGSRweoX6QLKvPKQP6Gxc4eQHSSmZRIds2y2XnLEKVTmqkC5QQcB13NOaFz26pY/s583/IMG_5220-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614685897497420546" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This is the creative for a prospective commission.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Update on the Kamdhenu painting: I have it back (yay!),</div><div style="text-align: center;">thank you for your support.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a super Sunday lovelies!</div>Dithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166941147379398538noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390213015143149231.post-365865865749279162011-06-02T10:55:00.009+02:002011-06-02T13:30:51.243+02:00Featured on Of Indian Origin<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRgjGsCZTbZMzWkm6sVvZWoe-4eZkrAp8JZFeFx3HQRP2nhX-LHGM4SE12bUl63nRpHgOiHegScqXlPo1IvQvitUWs-Gn1LLJzpcl90ivuoTyMsuggjbe_dnm4Bs4ZA2aUdAFzqKzDeM/s1600/OfIndianOrigin_2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRgjGsCZTbZMzWkm6sVvZWoe-4eZkrAp8JZFeFx3HQRP2nhX-LHGM4SE12bUl63nRpHgOiHegScqXlPo1IvQvitUWs-Gn1LLJzpcl90ivuoTyMsuggjbe_dnm4Bs4ZA2aUdAFzqKzDeM/s580/OfIndianOrigin_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613547281312496194" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div><div style="text-align: center; ">Yours truly has been featured on <i><a href="http://ofindianorigin.co.uk/">Of Indian Origin</a> </i>today!</div></div><div style="text-align: center; ">If you don't know already, <i>Of Indian Origin</i> is a fantastic art and design</div><div style="text-align: center; ">platform that showcases work that, essentially,</div><div style="text-align: center; ">has its roots in India and Indian sensibilities.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">I am very glad to be a part of this platform that boasts of </div><div style="text-align: center; ">features and interviews of eminent names in the industry.</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div></span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG6uD2ELPcEnr3Q45Ho6v7ew2Wvh7psn9Gb2q7Of1wUhi8PQWRXThyphenhyphenpDbRQ0q3-zneETTUlGM2lB5BDQuXDqnfsNUYjNeyhfAfrVUgkhih5GjsHKahhcsi3tN8Xb3AYVDavsnISSZzcMc/s1600/OfIndianOrigin.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><a href="http://ofindianorigin.co.uk/art-2/gods-goddesses-gorgeous-women/"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh85Q2Lx5nKTSb3ZINLDJ6yurtj-sfQP0pGAjCi3c6eJsaH4BZ4L32YTj1qhkRu3gsm8d9ysU7xgbhYhBJCWlTQ8GxaEocPJaUib24tAtbUOyZ5UU1NX1flgsqgDgJcHKBZA0oj2B8laMs/s580/OfIndianOrigin-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613555028467321138" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Click on the image above to go to the article titled </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://ofindianorigin.co.uk/art-2/gods-goddesses-gorgeous-women/">Gods, Goddesses & Gorgeous Women</a></i> :).</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you <a href="http://ofindianorigin.co.uk/about-the-author/">Nisha John</a> for this!</div></div>Dithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166941147379398538noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390213015143149231.post-83162460652220751252011-05-24T13:33:00.008+02:002011-05-24T15:18:23.723+02:00কি জানি কিসের লাগি প্রাণ করে হায় হায়<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJBLFs6Rzzl-zutwA-8tyx0ME2A9rpPynHU_72dqwI6fkCJ3ZRV77oN58QhoksTBPGV9EBcRqWNZIraaEdL3Z1qk94DBn5yNghSoSqxLDIRLmIqkBeWzo5Xu-kKFlyscrMgyUBcwbsZ8/s1600/IMG_4987-2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJBLFs6Rzzl-zutwA-8tyx0ME2A9rpPynHU_72dqwI6fkCJ3ZRV77oN58QhoksTBPGV9EBcRqWNZIraaEdL3Z1qk94DBn5yNghSoSqxLDIRLmIqkBeWzo5Xu-kKFlyscrMgyUBcwbsZ8/s580/IMG_4987-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610264510928773826" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Untitled</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; ">Medium :Acrylics </div><div style="text-align: center; ">Support: Gallery wrapped canvas</div><div style="text-align: center; ">Finished with gloss and matte varnish</div><div style="text-align: center; ">Size: 18cm x 24cm</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8M5c4P81bRplBKoj1ZaNshz6H6fLyHHNNBFp_wbE6PGotu-eFcuRUt6UIPYUuwywKgoDoXilG-CX0boTb3mN2Df_yDoixmCUjN4kbXjO2hjHR5orLZeFbZQisgc_U5xK5jR_7B6sfpQ/s1600/IMG_4984.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The text in Bengali says: <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 28px; font-style: normal; font-size: medium; ">'কি জানি কিসের লাগি প্রাণ করে হায় হায়'</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 28px; font-size: medium; "></span>- the last two lines in a <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore">Tagore</a></i> poem, roughly translating to:</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i>''I know not why....for what I long</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Why my heart does so cry.''</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;">You can hear (and see) the song</div><div style="text-align: center;">in this video below, which is a beautiful scene </div><div style="text-align: center;">from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyajit_Ray">Satyajit Ray</a>'s <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charulata">Charulata</a>.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="580" height="465" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/eF9MvGSsE48" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In this context, I have to share with you the poster of this 60's film, </div><div style="text-align: center;">that I absolutely love, that has Ray's artwork on it.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8E6fjH61uSZ8NtRONYGYNgKVeFDgnur9LCy4aqyqKN-f5J3iAH3qCfagB15nti8jcqdTWZHirVi1WPTwXAzZVZu1ElujyS3q1zwQ9rx7xa2flKGRQW4A714P8L1LrJOOqMkIOqcyvLuo/s1600/ray_charulata_7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8E6fjH61uSZ8NtRONYGYNgKVeFDgnur9LCy4aqyqKN-f5J3iAH3qCfagB15nti8jcqdTWZHirVi1WPTwXAzZVZu1ElujyS3q1zwQ9rx7xa2flKGRQW4A714P8L1LrJOOqMkIOqcyvLuo/s580/ray_charulata_7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610264517341404738" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><u><br /></u></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8E6fjH61uSZ8NtRONYGYNgKVeFDgnur9LCy4aqyqKN-f5J3iAH3qCfagB15nti8jcqdTWZHirVi1WPTwXAzZVZu1ElujyS3q1zwQ9rx7xa2flKGRQW4A714P8L1LrJOOqMkIOqcyvLuo/s1600/ray_charulata_7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center;">Inspiration for one little detail: the tiles on the wall are inspired by these walls </div><div style="text-align: center; ">in my maternal aunt's Kolkata home.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYhyphenhyphen-MADrtR1FUaPWU7YFGq62xdkNePFF46VmME4JSdWWnfUz4N7-nPKUFmk_bH9ydyUfEv8mRn_shfB3_sYe_Rl0zvPF2-zD0hLWvG2W-tb11dlvpvtSBpNhnt5jBExUVS6H0SRg1t4/s1600/IMG_9470-1.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYhyphenhyphen-MADrtR1FUaPWU7YFGq62xdkNePFF46VmME4JSdWWnfUz4N7-nPKUFmk_bH9ydyUfEv8mRn_shfB3_sYe_Rl0zvPF2-zD0hLWvG2W-tb11dlvpvtSBpNhnt5jBExUVS6H0SRg1t4/s580/IMG_9470-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610268762600390690" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8M5c4P81bRplBKoj1ZaNshz6H6fLyHHNNBFp_wbE6PGotu-eFcuRUt6UIPYUuwywKgoDoXilG-CX0boTb3mN2Df_yDoixmCUjN4kbXjO2hjHR5orLZeFbZQisgc_U5xK5jR_7B6sfpQ/s1600/IMG_4984.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8M5c4P81bRplBKoj1ZaNshz6H6fLyHHNNBFp_wbE6PGotu-eFcuRUt6UIPYUuwywKgoDoXilG-CX0boTb3mN2Df_yDoixmCUjN4kbXjO2hjHR5orLZeFbZQisgc_U5xK5jR_7B6sfpQ/s580/IMG_4984.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610244823057304626" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></span></u></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYhyphenhyphen-MADrtR1FUaPWU7YFGq62xdkNePFF46VmME4JSdWWnfUz4N7-nPKUFmk_bH9ydyUfEv8mRn_shfB3_sYe_Rl0zvPF2-zD0hLWvG2W-tb11dlvpvtSBpNhnt5jBExUVS6H0SRg1t4/s1600/IMG_9470-1.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It has almost been a couple of months that I didn't blog.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was slightly pre-occupied with some other engagements.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Kaamdhenu painting is with my printer</div><div style="text-align: center;">for over a month. I usually deposit the painting</div><div style="text-align: center;">(especially the larger ones) with my wonderful </div><div style="text-align: center;">and very trusted scanner/designer/printer </div><div style="text-align: center;">in town and usually hear back in a day or two to collect.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He has not been reachable since, his office is closed and unreachable </div><div style="text-align: center;">on all the phone numbers of him that I have.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pablo, if you are reading this, pls call back.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope you are OK, safe and in good health.</div></div>Dithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166941147379398538noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390213015143149231.post-73116975341914085432011-03-28T17:30:00.010+02:002011-03-31T07:58:52.228+02:00Maa Kamdhenu painting<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRNqvcPehXGynGlw641DZOUDX_LftzrNP-wZ5c6SXRP48AmwHGodoPmT-zRjYQXE9BDeZAH7Bwig74fIPMIATxlBStg0RWCsAmUCfi45pVIifix_5Nl998qXGk1qMLL3eIclt9-2RGB_c/s1600/IMG_4017.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRNqvcPehXGynGlw641DZOUDX_LftzrNP-wZ5c6SXRP48AmwHGodoPmT-zRjYQXE9BDeZAH7Bwig74fIPMIATxlBStg0RWCsAmUCfi45pVIifix_5Nl998qXGk1qMLL3eIclt9-2RGB_c/s580/IMG_4017.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589154330425988322" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Title: 'Kamdhenu Maa'</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">(Hindu Goddess Kamdhenu, the wish-granting cow)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Size: 60 cm x 80 cm </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Medium and mount: Acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas.</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDEFE63n7xWpAgrXMBbl4eMxDVCFxzHwmdxiU3jbAfTw8ge4VygM9VuSwskrxnL2I8GBCnQYIVwlC34f7k4OdiY-oEF9ScBR8r-_KGcm3BrFzyiCXXBaeazK9DwlQ_KYszwDrq8MQmMLs/s1600/IMG_4007.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDEFE63n7xWpAgrXMBbl4eMxDVCFxzHwmdxiU3jbAfTw8ge4VygM9VuSwskrxnL2I8GBCnQYIVwlC34f7k4OdiY-oEF9ScBR8r-_KGcm3BrFzyiCXXBaeazK9DwlQ_KYszwDrq8MQmMLs/s580/IMG_4007.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589162703745320034" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamadhenu">She</a> has the head and torso of a woman,</span></div><div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span">a cow's body, an eagle's wings & a peacock's tail. </span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Her eyes are the Sun and Moon Gods.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Her four legs - the scriptural <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas">Vedas</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Her horns are the triune Gods <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahma"><i>Brahma</i></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu"><i>Vishnu</i></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva"><i>Shiva</i></a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBcNqbxc2SSdCbuZayoNyyVNRhOeG1ie9-5hwX6_jOC9O__dmnXQXGkkxB0CtTvCCPhxEP2HJkOK1YBE08SYLgZcqhUCeXyyw2FVsU5iwooVlI8TzcbtB942YqOs1w53J9dYh3QNgRLn8/s1600/IMG_4010-2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBcNqbxc2SSdCbuZayoNyyVNRhOeG1ie9-5hwX6_jOC9O__dmnXQXGkkxB0CtTvCCPhxEP2HJkOK1YBE08SYLgZcqhUCeXyyw2FVsU5iwooVlI8TzcbtB942YqOs1w53J9dYh3QNgRLn8/s580/IMG_4010-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589162699701693810" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Her eyes are the Sun and Moon Gods,</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Her legs contain the Himalayas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span">She grants your every wish :) !</span></div></span></span></div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO4xzRESmvEB-7m4N-Yr7XPya7RMvqfG8PrakEEx6fSRM0Oa0n4_WS8hvYOBbhkkN7Gvha7LNMT3Yz0ARM0UhSftqxT_p5j2IAnIzc_6boztE4CRG0aW1OCfTrI6VJjHN3Dg6rM7l6bug/s1600/IMG_4017-2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO4xzRESmvEB-7m4N-Yr7XPya7RMvqfG8PrakEEx6fSRM0Oa0n4_WS8hvYOBbhkkN7Gvha7LNMT3Yz0ARM0UhSftqxT_p5j2IAnIzc_6boztE4CRG0aW1OCfTrI6VJjHN3Dg6rM7l6bug/s580/IMG_4017-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589218936659757810" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><div><div><div><div><div style="text-align: center; ">The textile painted on her back has </div><div style="text-align: center; ">patterns & colours inspired by <a href="http://www.mora.co.in/bestofmora.php">MORA </a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://www.mora.co.in/bestofmora.php"></a>(beautiful designs by the wonderful Ritika Mittal).</div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0i4WXgi7Lqsp-weAbtG-Br3RVAJRlSYdnvV0JuFAadSh1DctNzNh5f9zau8KtMMTAhdlFXrOCCA4OftD40xyd4BOc8gku2utZeWVgS9FcZbYQnqyqGAwafSHYmnO8fyq2eramSuDjhMo/s1600/IMG_4019-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0i4WXgi7Lqsp-weAbtG-Br3RVAJRlSYdnvV0JuFAadSh1DctNzNh5f9zau8KtMMTAhdlFXrOCCA4OftD40xyd4BOc8gku2utZeWVgS9FcZbYQnqyqGAwafSHYmnO8fyq2eramSuDjhMo/s580/IMG_4019-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589154351596700690" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; ">My '<i>tota's/</i>parrots sit on her wings</div><div style="text-align: center; "><div style="text-align: center; ">as your wish-granting angels.</div></div></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0i4WXgi7Lqsp-weAbtG-Br3RVAJRlSYdnvV0JuFAadSh1DctNzNh5f9zau8KtMMTAhdlFXrOCCA4OftD40xyd4BOc8gku2utZeWVgS9FcZbYQnqyqGAwafSHYmnO8fyq2eramSuDjhMo/s1600/IMG_4019-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6dGuyd1IrSQSeG2X886HPPtv9x0tgB9t_pQURVU7vWwpwI6GgfvnVdBek7eBNlmwCHAnOctBpNK37UQPTGYGlzIk2OdnQhHgKZrp_GsPFz7DnuLp_szvC2FVZ-1rfVxTsg9o9dSDv9sM/s1600/IMG_4009-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6dGuyd1IrSQSeG2X886HPPtv9x0tgB9t_pQURVU7vWwpwI6GgfvnVdBek7eBNlmwCHAnOctBpNK37UQPTGYGlzIk2OdnQhHgKZrp_GsPFz7DnuLp_szvC2FVZ-1rfVxTsg9o9dSDv9sM/s580/IMG_4009-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589154339316261826" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSZwEb-OzisiMG94jPT9eG3CE3HViU7M0AdduX0f9fXQum92fjX23-bDxUh49tJSZL7_uy-mopZ8S-DfEHu5F7St0FNJrirLXcKjjlCjxgMk8_FMm01RS5im3h1clWuJQsl2ih8GafUP4/s1600/IMG_4016-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSZwEb-OzisiMG94jPT9eG3CE3HViU7M0AdduX0f9fXQum92fjX23-bDxUh49tJSZL7_uy-mopZ8S-DfEHu5F7St0FNJrirLXcKjjlCjxgMk8_FMm01RS5im3h1clWuJQsl2ih8GafUP4/s580/IMG_4016-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589154345089069106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">This piece has taken 3 weeks of </span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">painstaking work, well, hope to have done justice </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">to the awe-inspiring form of this most beautiful Goddess.</span></div>Dithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166941147379398538noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390213015143149231.post-15224671241226231632011-03-20T13:34:00.009+01:002011-03-20T17:28:50.121+01:00Holi है<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLDKBjYjG3eIe97FysgvJSSRpCC6W-0ZDV4ZpODTPmD-c7aC26kb5QELYC5x1vQX4vvrLzA1Md4VwLWOSI3lZSX2jDLirPfniaJcc4zuJ_Knt28S6qRwD7o9zYSeqm0e0LZ6Px29TUMuQ/s1600/IMG_3999.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLDKBjYjG3eIe97FysgvJSSRpCC6W-0ZDV4ZpODTPmD-c7aC26kb5QELYC5x1vQX4vvrLzA1Md4VwLWOSI3lZSX2jDLirPfniaJcc4zuJ_Knt28S6qRwD7o9zYSeqm0e0LZ6Px29TUMuQ/s580/IMG_3999.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586198112974633954" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/deezden/galleries/72157623512770294/">Happy Holi</a> readers.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">More colour, joy and peace to everyone.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "></span></span></div>Dithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166941147379398538noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390213015143149231.post-29077759662313751972011-03-17T21:37:00.005+01:002011-03-17T22:30:00.364+01:00Kamdhenu WIP<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_rNL7QNdDQ8WDIvFQcR81eTw9OfYmVvfq-oFT7e7lE-NErqkoQ1Q3KX_MMA3K9mgFyMC-Gaqrj0tK8xj33y8Gepk-fYdScB3X-ohgq85A3bky4o8IkYZ7af-PtR4_8bVaZVqzH3K1vDE/s1600/IMG_3998-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_rNL7QNdDQ8WDIvFQcR81eTw9OfYmVvfq-oFT7e7lE-NErqkoQ1Q3KX_MMA3K9mgFyMC-Gaqrj0tK8xj33y8Gepk-fYdScB3X-ohgq85A3bky4o8IkYZ7af-PtR4_8bVaZVqzH3K1vDE/s850/IMG_3998-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585162620818929890" /></a><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZbr2ZbKFpar_W6zfc2MNll7pKSZvla9v26dkwnod9sBsp3Mn9n6nqQmTJh6lo9i8OM6tyHGwmLKhVHnMl0By0Ah2nGmTjkKZ7vaf6gHck4WY-aVsOg7cTgFi98bSXtyaOfGWjfStEHRM/s580/IMG_3987-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585162611505797666" /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyb9_t4v2cCNZxcRnPZe1g0VlXL7Flpu-9FmRpCFkYdueSN6uBPNuOTI9cD0z3hnmJjQ6AcZhMNjvG_abP_oK_6Q65MnrbzGBcJaviM07xDGlnfVa3KvbJPUDiNNGzoWpMQfedHjiF3ec/s1600/IMG_3994-1.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyb9_t4v2cCNZxcRnPZe1g0VlXL7Flpu-9FmRpCFkYdueSN6uBPNuOTI9cD0z3hnmJjQ6AcZhMNjvG_abP_oK_6Q65MnrbzGBcJaviM07xDGlnfVa3KvbJPUDiNNGzoWpMQfedHjiF3ec/s580/IMG_3994-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585162620763490418" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Just a sneak peak into some of the details</div><div style="text-align: center;">of my painting-in-progress.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Also, there are new prints in the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/deezden">shop</a>.</div><div></div></div>Dithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166941147379398538noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390213015143149231.post-75288064430000677572011-03-12T14:00:00.005+01:002011-03-12T15:47:28.175+01:00Etsy Treasury (n) Feature<div style="text-align: center;">Just got <a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d7b44d837aa6d9194e5c9cc/made-in-india">featured</a> on Etsy today:</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt321qM6JwAwp4pm0OEwXDShuCrxeUoipOOCNhOewAhD3Y6VggLMLrSlTBTuU13a8Ibmmm22A56b5Ulq1oqsMt4bTfFnPwIoZ5ibWgPbWntemkRvsmuCfz14KuS4mN7KaEgInx_B6dV8o/s580/made_india.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583181354297671090" /><div style="text-align: center;">This is my 21st treasury feature on www.etsy.com !</div><div style="text-align: center;">Made me really happy, so I went ahead and curated </div><div style="text-align: center;">a '<i>Chai' </i>treasury for my lovely friends and readers:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d7b635d2cc06d9192bb0af5/love-my-chai?index=0">hop over</a> and take a look :)</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLm2_gxfkoXeegtkPlbb9VeQYj-Hyf6HBZ5x2DDSXki8efV9j8Oq-RiJPTAeEUGFqAdBljwLUE3jlIcaDXM6Eey3Bgi1DcdF2VnUQtNf-b-YMqzrjEl_SqNXIuAMohDRInIMGCM7Oal5Q/s580/love_my_chai-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583181349726622002" /><div style="text-align: center;">Have a good weekend!<br /><br /></div>Dithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166941147379398538noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390213015143149231.post-41993671790487298952011-02-26T15:31:00.003+01:002011-02-26T15:37:31.745+01:00texture<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLByTu7OLZx848h_WdBQDgPyVGQsCTjORqsNT50X_RGMDWDnqiASPzdIfdgzxFg_jgtGdPL4mvc1z8gzcFoWPP3D1YmSQfTMSLfkp1uiHtP5TRe3Uq_zPEbGzVBSJDuDf40L5CtPUModc/s1600/IMG_3917-3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLByTu7OLZx848h_WdBQDgPyVGQsCTjORqsNT50X_RGMDWDnqiASPzdIfdgzxFg_jgtGdPL4mvc1z8gzcFoWPP3D1YmSQfTMSLfkp1uiHtP5TRe3Uq_zPEbGzVBSJDuDf40L5CtPUModc/s580/IMG_3917-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578007212521038194" /></a>Dithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166941147379398538noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390213015143149231.post-44863907717647395632011-02-24T23:39:00.005+01:002011-02-25T09:02:44.882+01:00studio sneak peak<div style="text-align: center;">Just <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">posting</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">randomly</span> at 00:01 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">hours</span>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">have</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">been</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">working</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">on</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">these</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">handmade</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">tags</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">to</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">be</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">packaged</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">with</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">my</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">prints</span>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMpLPBTv_pjd0U_uNOqSGxeG60b0uRSdcC6jjXa8tZWuSy7JF-bGJGL5zNobuCnEckU6d4eGNeVFdUcsKNEoklsVQ6YQIv-RuV5PPp_3C7cmHH-u8meG5xslarcjOVIeetzB3W7nW0PE/s1600/IMG_3899.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMpLPBTv_pjd0U_uNOqSGxeG60b0uRSdcC6jjXa8tZWuSy7JF-bGJGL5zNobuCnEckU6d4eGNeVFdUcsKNEoklsVQ6YQIv-RuV5PPp_3C7cmHH-u8meG5xslarcjOVIeetzB3W7nW0PE/s580/IMG_3899.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577389776867981426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">They</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">are</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">printed</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">with</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">wooden</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">hand</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">printing</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">blocks</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">originally</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">from</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">Rajasthan</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">that</span> I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">keep</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">picking</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">up</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">from</span> <a href="http://www.anokhi.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">Anokhi</span></a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">There</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">is</span> a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">peacock</span>, a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">flower</span>, a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">fish</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">and</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">some</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">cool</span> Hindu <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">deity</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">blocks</span> - <i><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">love</span> '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">em</span></i>!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBEfZTtYIQ3zYfhwN5EBBleqRsdl90Hp89TflW8FRAs_iCLpWHjqd6-5nf7rCgWMNr4N_i4TP1kX2axOuPC5KbsoM2PBN55IGPN0ArQTI-hW9D79I5LGoAU8ByB2M7P3wcFfC4LJ_ViiU/s1600/IMG_3897.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBEfZTtYIQ3zYfhwN5EBBleqRsdl90Hp89TflW8FRAs_iCLpWHjqd6-5nf7rCgWMNr4N_i4TP1kX2axOuPC5KbsoM2PBN55IGPN0ArQTI-hW9D79I5LGoAU8ByB2M7P3wcFfC4LJ_ViiU/s580/IMG_3897.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577389780410510930" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Cute little handmade thank you tags</div><div style="text-align: center;">for my <i>lovely </i>collectors, each piece is unique :) !</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbwooTIHgRJua0htMTkH76iNG69OD5fRZfSlVr1Q73qHQMl6yGSALiJdT7WU_uU5pnaNdGkA3c5Ie8car0tCjw2DGmM5YRQEmcO7vJGVDGpxZn44oTl-D4cwYpLlukdZ172Fo0P1yC5aE/s580/IMG_3906.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577389780444346242" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">The</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46">flowers</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47">have</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48">dried</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_49">up</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50">beautifully</span>,</div><div style="text-align: center; "> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51">their</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_52">colour</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_53">and</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_54">form</span> - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_56">brilliant</span>. </div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_57">Here</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_58">is</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_59">how</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_60">they</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_61">look</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_62">by</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_63">the</span> soft <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_64">candle</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_65">light</span>.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">Now it is time to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_71">get</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_72">back</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_73">to</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_74">finish</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_75">processing</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_76">these</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_77">orders</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_78">post</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_79">office</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_80">tomorrow</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_81">morning</span>.</div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_82">Thank</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_83">you</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_84">God</span> :) !</div></div>Dithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166941147379398538noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390213015143149231.post-76407374002371160232011-02-22T11:28:00.003+01:002011-02-22T11:39:15.761+01:00Kaamdhenu Maa sketch<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidKsLi70GW3ebj7hnxs1FdWilIgMdutIua5r-WsFti91fGIhkIOJPsGK7_EpquWQFh0vdRX7Erd9r9TDU6qbqz2RxeB0uc7LP8umfEG-bRV6kh1FSYGzTM4rOsuNKeU-J6dqVx-LT4u9w/s1600/IMG_3892.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidKsLi70GW3ebj7hnxs1FdWilIgMdutIua5r-WsFti91fGIhkIOJPsGK7_EpquWQFh0vdRX7Erd9r9TDU6qbqz2RxeB0uc7LP8umfEG-bRV6kh1FSYGzTM4rOsuNKeU-J6dqVx-LT4u9w/s580/IMG_3892.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576459206156679682" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLsuNqnQ12kOXVfrdaBQdjhOBIfpb-d_q2EJyD_5ObSrSY85mzFbmCKUEENVNkWE1EquAMWCidITmweMuDiIC_TrgXzMJLzfQYhDsWyyDG5pg6xZsv5bmqukctJJtPFnKvTFxmeMhQivU/s1600/IMG_3896.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLsuNqnQ12kOXVfrdaBQdjhOBIfpb-d_q2EJyD_5ObSrSY85mzFbmCKUEENVNkWE1EquAMWCidITmweMuDiIC_TrgXzMJLzfQYhDsWyyDG5pg6xZsv5bmqukctJJtPFnKvTFxmeMhQivU/s580/IMG_3896.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576459214031072066" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWd59pOYKUyIFJPEfIYDGkk8Iye59rysEMmHkNTB41a-w8qYwnSq0i4JZ-wZHdaDS8_JH3A5zwkTXPjLdTTl2Nizb4ALnw04nztMLYPt26YEGRVpEUd69tBZ7bQBjQ9cO5L8nUidZl0s/s1600/IMG_3895.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWd59pOYKUyIFJPEfIYDGkk8Iye59rysEMmHkNTB41a-w8qYwnSq0i4JZ-wZHdaDS8_JH3A5zwkTXPjLdTTl2Nizb4ALnw04nztMLYPt26YEGRVpEUd69tBZ7bQBjQ9cO5L8nUidZl0s/s580/IMG_3895.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576459213327034786" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>'Kaamdhenu Maa'</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mixed media on my favourite</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.clairefontaine.com/">clairfontaine</a> watercolour paper note book.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now am going to start work on the painting,</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">which will be in a much larger format.</div><div style="text-align: center;">See you soon!</div>Dithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166941147379398538noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390213015143149231.post-20847111493872210612011-02-21T16:56:00.008+01:002011-02-21T18:42:32.326+01:00just another update<div style="text-align: center;">Some snaps from 14.02. evening at home:</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAeZCh5cRvLVnFTVTtT7fAipjbh1ZLivQPLH9kRpKpahPWA5yn8Q5PXd_2zhmdH3pqhpj3FTURDqhiAwliK8eQTrF5mybl_va2NZMfF-q9yhiZaPdsjNiEsCKbW4fkfv-kjfi8Ie9EZhg/s1600/IMG_3734-4.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAeZCh5cRvLVnFTVTtT7fAipjbh1ZLivQPLH9kRpKpahPWA5yn8Q5PXd_2zhmdH3pqhpj3FTURDqhiAwliK8eQTrF5mybl_va2NZMfF-q9yhiZaPdsjNiEsCKbW4fkfv-kjfi8Ie9EZhg/s580/IMG_3734-4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576173811368875074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAeZCh5cRvLVnFTVTtT7fAipjbh1ZLivQPLH9kRpKpahPWA5yn8Q5PXd_2zhmdH3pqhpj3FTURDqhiAwliK8eQTrF5mybl_va2NZMfF-q9yhiZaPdsjNiEsCKbW4fkfv-kjfi8Ie9EZhg/s1600/IMG_3734-4.jpg"></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc2WkbUxbBUaudDb86hWW6PuajYRlr0YuGwq7B1Jxb2TyLnTWfIcvTv0_S700-i2j-35cxmd76chWXhX7DzYQfB_ieLDqPq8bXLRq7eRne5SdiSlTH-PNBD0JuRCR7qP5hyhh01DTOB00/s1600/IMG_3762-5.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc2WkbUxbBUaudDb86hWW6PuajYRlr0YuGwq7B1Jxb2TyLnTWfIcvTv0_S700-i2j-35cxmd76chWXhX7DzYQfB_ieLDqPq8bXLRq7eRne5SdiSlTH-PNBD0JuRCR7qP5hyhh01DTOB00/s560/IMG_3762-5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576182913687847058" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVTlruGoauYrYtt-yAfyJV8vY4saOCzAwUJOSqhlM0H9Kt6gxHKyAjd9WRxiot_KFL6RwIP1tpi5cE7d08k2Sbni1Kht4eAqz3zImkYwKq1GCLmT3a1iQLY8D9lLBOqlJ9O1THhJLcCkc/s1600/IMG_3766-6.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVTlruGoauYrYtt-yAfyJV8vY4saOCzAwUJOSqhlM0H9Kt6gxHKyAjd9WRxiot_KFL6RwIP1tpi5cE7d08k2Sbni1Kht4eAqz3zImkYwKq1GCLmT3a1iQLY8D9lLBOqlJ9O1THhJLcCkc/s580/IMG_3766-6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576183652766242818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">One of the many wonderful birthday wishes that </div><div style="text-align: center;">i received from you all on Facebook,</div><div style="text-align: center;">was this one message that bore this image of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamadhenu"><i>Kamadhenu Maa</i></a>:</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzSYvnf71OclqyMyKqmmhb-WxDDZFZ4gpEOunlDmVb7fq4UP_p_UbU3NSCgm5eK1SXeuQJiuzyPEC9fiaIFi9tyYCaBC5h9VhLV0__Oj6hgXtRph0FgDa6CnaI_gSTeQ-Bny1BzvZLZOY/s1600/IMG_3766-4.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh01V7ai5a4Wc5U1zaRK7bSug1ludCjDVXhuiQv117XIIGo5v3D2oapM2Q9raD7h9C8eu73U_WpEOSNDk5reYCXWm2gPjmUUHrmEM19u4xoYGa_FcPdPyORkHuuzeHAqAa-Vyl9Jd1Iqo8/s1600/kaamdhnu+maa+katia.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh01V7ai5a4Wc5U1zaRK7bSug1ludCjDVXhuiQv117XIIGo5v3D2oapM2Q9raD7h9C8eu73U_WpEOSNDk5reYCXWm2gPjmUUHrmEM19u4xoYGa_FcPdPyORkHuuzeHAqAa-Vyl9Jd1Iqo8/s400/kaamdhnu+maa+katia.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576178438779942802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 389px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This one was from the wonderful photographer</div><div style="text-align: center;">and my FB friend Katya Peshakova.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I remember seeing some photos of this Goddess </div><div style="text-align: center;">while browsing books on Indian Folk art </div><div style="text-align: center;">at a Kolkata book store and being totally fascinated and </div><div style="text-align: center;">awestruck by her form and beauty.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This just had to be my next painting.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So, while the sun is making patterns on my walls today...</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit2OwoCdBtUZKim9GdwtSoZGusNn491rnDhkNFtco58O7VlqatUs_Crqp8Zk4uf_jkHumAjAtfRmENNNzBbi7-Jt4CiTB5qIpFIKcoGTkksLiJ0L3fpcaLJlCE9cfbqAuN5exg3SqBfhc/s1600/IMG_3877.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit2OwoCdBtUZKim9GdwtSoZGusNn491rnDhkNFtco58O7VlqatUs_Crqp8Zk4uf_jkHumAjAtfRmENNNzBbi7-Jt4CiTB5qIpFIKcoGTkksLiJ0L3fpcaLJlCE9cfbqAuN5exg3SqBfhc/s580/IMG_3877.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576173821552409090" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">......and all birthday flowers are hung against </span><span class="Apple-style-span">the kitchen window to dry ...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeDbPUE7mswWRw6Lj76acgtMWOauymwDfBCmp8udCT5QZGPZRYXgoxIj2D2RAM9vz8fzDOU8jXj5ZheyhcjwqpdsDdpPO-AJgvBsrVXfM9vLMdHSoF-DqSximGhpE5_MiWUyeRudfhzCY/s1600/IMG_3872.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeDbPUE7mswWRw6Lj76acgtMWOauymwDfBCmp8udCT5QZGPZRYXgoxIj2D2RAM9vz8fzDOU8jXj5ZheyhcjwqpdsDdpPO-AJgvBsrVXfM9vLMdHSoF-DqSximGhpE5_MiWUyeRudfhzCY/s580/IMG_3872.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576173817985153378" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></span></u></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">.....while my FB friends keep me entertained</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">and the most </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">amazing sufiana music <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY0R98OiT4w&feature=player_embedded#at=59">plays</a> on the laptop...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFBiV_4yNcwh9sHnaZ-RYNSByaNvdVFSFoRgZ0h3PqNZe3jgV7KGmOGn2rsihwSaqcWl88QIinpNrQCo4GX65RlJc3jZnwPtazrefA8kWvDy9wqsGlVK_iTL5pDMDYd3h3IuA84xrxhkM/s1600/IMG_3882.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFBiV_4yNcwh9sHnaZ-RYNSByaNvdVFSFoRgZ0h3PqNZe3jgV7KGmOGn2rsihwSaqcWl88QIinpNrQCo4GX65RlJc3jZnwPtazrefA8kWvDy9wqsGlVK_iTL5pDMDYd3h3IuA84xrxhkM/s580/IMG_3882.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576175004226559410" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span">i am having a brilliant time sketching for my next piece.....</span></div></span></span></span></span></div></div></div>Dithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166941147379398538noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390213015143149231.post-13227720732843184392011-02-14T17:33:00.011+01:002011-02-14T18:16:46.537+01:00বাড়ি ছাড়া (away from home)<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0bd2-lwi4WHduTyQ_AM98nFReaniFPzw4ccDyQV4UP5h8dJNBdLkmuySfU3Zxlh8leSsKRjjTdggQFMoPWwdpNcLMIsIPLcvm_-RPUmpsZX3brXxcsRp2qNZFwaNETpZ3GIt2k9c7ma0/s1600/IMG_3705-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0bd2-lwi4WHduTyQ_AM98nFReaniFPzw4ccDyQV4UP5h8dJNBdLkmuySfU3Zxlh8leSsKRjjTdggQFMoPWwdpNcLMIsIPLcvm_-RPUmpsZX3brXxcsRp2qNZFwaNETpZ3GIt2k9c7ma0/s580/IMG_3705-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573594289568183682" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 28px; "><i>'বাড়ি ছাড়া '</i></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 28px; ">(</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 28px; font-size: medium; "><i>Bari</i>: Home; <i>Chhara</i>: Left, leaving, without)</span></div><div style="text-align: center; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 28px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; "><div style="text-align: center; ">Acrylic on mounted canvas.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">Size: 18 cm x 24 cm</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgMMIY-RNiQRimPVFqE_bde_8Q6UJ5PbgWuKgwGlxH7dlMbQbopfLJ-uirNhSXEXltf6rlBldWvR82lUChzH-MIhN3wjh5_9KZlI8E_JOnf9tYWFVh5laeUDvwzsrjHONlo4LIa4_WU8M/s1600/IMG_3707-1.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgMMIY-RNiQRimPVFqE_bde_8Q6UJ5PbgWuKgwGlxH7dlMbQbopfLJ-uirNhSXEXltf6rlBldWvR82lUChzH-MIhN3wjh5_9KZlI8E_JOnf9tYWFVh5laeUDvwzsrjHONlo4LIa4_WU8M/s580/IMG_3707-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573594841491158018" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center; ">I am back from India after 2 months.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">I had the most wonderful time with my family,</div><div style="text-align: center; ">loved ones and my wonderful friends.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWtbSKVukdPuAwo2mtizLfq-gEuUOiIXryF2F4AkPMztp0twDyyNRkMbRaBHo3JceY-KtIWigTD_k5SJSJr_1y8Jmmx5gxwVZJUwvGrV2Jn9mEFhxgIiPbup1xb9Q-TDU25ldHZ9CPGGo/s1600/All2.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWtbSKVukdPuAwo2mtizLfq-gEuUOiIXryF2F4AkPMztp0twDyyNRkMbRaBHo3JceY-KtIWigTD_k5SJSJr_1y8Jmmx5gxwVZJUwvGrV2Jn9mEFhxgIiPbup1xb9Q-TDU25ldHZ9CPGGo/s580/All2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573587046935015442" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></a>The home in this painting resembles the home</div></span></span></div></span><div><div style="text-align: center;">I grew up in, near Kolkata, the home that is filled </div><div style="text-align: center;">with countless happy childhood memories.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWgeg_nyZ5nMrCHM3d-QmNX4cPPnhQ0eTHjzOBw-3rt8Ig1NwEtcPUY1lpnY6bdkyN63GV6CE6zhN9WC1legrxDnCpvhL8lSpGa_AEd5Q4GzAFihKHF0QEg29Q_7puiWfxi23lJJ_UbbY/s1600/IMG_3717-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWgeg_nyZ5nMrCHM3d-QmNX4cPPnhQ0eTHjzOBw-3rt8Ig1NwEtcPUY1lpnY6bdkyN63GV6CE6zhN9WC1legrxDnCpvhL8lSpGa_AEd5Q4GzAFihKHF0QEg29Q_7puiWfxi23lJJ_UbbY/s500/IMG_3717-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573585193961495042" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Geneva is being nice to us with the sun </div><div style="text-align: center;">shining through, letting me hold on to</div><div style="text-align: center;">and reminisce the good times spent in Kolkata.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have loads of photos and experiences to share with you all,</div><div style="text-align: center;">it'll all come - by and by. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you so much for the birthday wishes,</div><div style="text-align: center;">you really made my day so special.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a lovely love filled day.</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSttX6su9ZiI0wLvKueDs1j6T0cVB10tFLd51sjk3XOuUH6MW6ET9H0xKeYVxinVXA5JDWApiEiA9CFaGmTKjDdSWK9L5-TiFYoaJQ72pavOKDwXvBLuh9T4zRbbgqe_P8-UCto-HsAd4/s1600/IMG_3705-1.JPG"></a></div></div></div>Dithihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166941147379398538noreply@blogger.com16