The Pathaayam as Economic Archive In the villages of southern India, one could once find a wooden storage box known as the pathaayam. Today, these boxes sit largely forgotten in the corners of elderly farmers’ homes. But in their time, they functioned as something far more significant than mere storage containers. They were, in effect,ContinueContinue reading “Evolving Rice Currency”
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The Golden Jackal – Kolkata’s last remaining wild carnivore
The club lies along the eastern bank of Tolly Nullah which was the earlier path Adi Ganga, a channel of the river Hooghly. The soil of the area consisted of the silt brought down by the Adi Ganga and this rich soil combined with generous rainfall supported luxuriant vegetation. This marshy fertile area was prime habitat for the Golden Jackal, who fed on crabs, rodents, and a variety of fruits like mangoes, jackfruit and papaya.
Revival of Folk Seeds is Key To Natural Farming
Folk Seeds of local Crops are the first step towards embracing agroecological approach- the link of the seed microbiome to the soil. Since the dawn of agriculture- farmers have selected, cultivated, bred, stored, exchanged, and maintained an enormous diversity of crops and varieties among them.
Ecotone- Images of a Sublime History of Anthropocene
by Shirsho Basu In Pic: Breathing Roots by Koustabh Chakraborty, Ecotone Exhibits It is a naturally accepted proposition in art history and art-criticism that language, or words are always in an infinite relation with the painting. Words are sometimes rendered so imperfect that when they confront the visible realm of a painting, they are provenContinueContinue reading “Ecotone- Images of a Sublime History of Anthropocene”
A Review of the Exhibition “Ecotone”
by Joshua Bodhinetra In Pic: Khelaghor, Embracing Play by Koustabh Chakrabarty, Ecotone Exhibits Sabbe sattā, sabbe pāņā, sabbe bhūtā,Sabbe puggalā, sabbe attabhāvapariyāpannā,Sabbā itthiyo, sabbe purisā,Sukhitā hantu…sukhitā hantu…sukhitā hantu… (May all creatures, all life, all beings,May all persons, all individuals,May all women, all men,Be happy…be happy…be happy…) What happens when the liminal gets filled with theContinueContinue reading “A Review of the Exhibition “Ecotone””
‘চক্ষু-চড়কগাছ’!
‘চক্ষু-চড়কগাছ’! ~ শাশ্বত লাহিড়ী বাংলার একটি অতিপ্রাচীন প্রবাদ।কোনো ঘটনায় বিস্মিত মানুষের চোখ-কপালে ওঠানো ভঙ্গী বোঝাতে বাংলায় যা যুগযুগান্ত ধরে চলে আসছে। আজ চৈত্র-সংক্রান্তি, চড়কপূজা। লোকমুখে ‘শিবের-গাজন’ বলে পরিচিত। এই পূজার সাথে তথাকথিত ব্রাহ্মণ্যবাদের চেয়েও বাংলার লোকাচার জড়িত থাকায় এতে সরাসরিভাবে সব স্তরের মানুষের অংশগ্রহণ অনেক বেশি চোখে পড়ে। পুরাণ অনুসারে, শিবের উপাসক ‘বাণ রাজা’ আজকেরContinueContinue reading “‘চক্ষু-চড়কগাছ’!”
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