The Exhibition Venue: Kamala Palace in Shyambazar (Image: Suchintan Das) On 30th July this year, my friend Suchintan and I made an impromptu plan to visit an exhibition which claimed to showcase the “Sensory Heritage of Kolkata Streets”, having chanced upon its poster among many others pasted along the archaic staircase of the Indian Coffee House … Continue reading Walking Through the Blind Alleys of Culture: A Glance into the Politics of ‘Sensory Heritage’—Ananyo Chakraborty
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Strange Bedfellows: Battala Print and the Bengal Renaissance—Suchintan Das
James Baillie Fraser's 'Views of Calcutta and its Environs', Plate 24, Aquatint; 1826 The word ‘Battala’ evokes a range of meanings. Literally, it means ‘under the banyan tree’. Historically, it has been both a metonym of commercial print culture as well as a misnomer for obscene and vulgar vernacular literature in nineteenth century Calcutta. It … Continue reading Strange Bedfellows: Battala Print and the Bengal Renaissance—Suchintan Das
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