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<p>Located on Nehru Road that leads to the Chowrasta Mall in the middle of a busy shopping area, Keventer&rsquo;s also has a take-away section and bakery at the ground floor. The narrow wooden stairs to the upper floor and then the terrace itself reminds one of the creaky steps of a romantic wooden lodge. There are only five small tables in the indoor area upstairs that can seat four each. With wooden floor, glass top tables, old fashioned table-cloths and cane chairs, the ambience is relaxed and welcoming.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>As you walk to the upper floor, from the window-side tables on the right you get a marvelous view of the mountain range. Just sipping a cup of tea and reading a book, you can spend hours at this spot. From the tables on the other side of the small room you can see the Planters Club and the Nehru Road below and the ever happening Darjeeling rolling by.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>However, the highlight is the open terrace that sends shivers of freedom as you stand up there with the open vista of the Hills before you. The tables here have marble tops, at times with giant umbrellas giving shade during winter or during a monsoon drizzle. With dark green low walls, red stoned floor, Victorian lamps on the pillars along the wall and unabated views, it&rsquo;s almost like a Victorian saga at Keventer&rsquo;s.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Keventer&rsquo;s has been traditionally known for its famous English breakfast. However, you do get varieties of sandwiches, burgers, processed meat and snack items here such as sausages, meat loaf and eggs, salami, chicken cutlet, meat balls, lollipops and sandwiches with chicken, pork and cheese fillings. And of course, a hot cuppa of Darjeeling tea served in a pot with brown ceramic cups.</p>

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<p>With the recent spurt of theme pujas and worshipping of various Gods getting apparent on almost every street corner of the city and state all-round the year, the idol makers&rsquo; hands are usually full. Yet, they lent their creative souls to an initiative to showcase to the world that they are also capable of doing other forms of art. And all these happened while they were busy delivering idols for Annapurna Puja or giving the last strokes to Laksmi-Ganesh idols for Poila Baishakh. After all, this would be a celebration with a difference.</p>

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<p>A step into the world of Rang Matir Panchali, opened up a Kumartuli exhibiting idol- making, installations, paintings, sculptures, photographs, wall graffiti, street art and much more. The multi-disciplinary art forms came alive almost in every nook and corner. Efforts to blend modern thoughts, art and perspectives with the traditional, came into being without disrupting the innate charm of the locality. Hard work that went behind such an extravaganza with Partha Dasgupta and Shushanta Paul at the helm of affairs had its own &lsquo;wow&rsquo; quotient. An attempt to build and showcase a series of public art within the living and working area of these idol makers went well with art connoisseurs of the city as well with a huge footfall of visitors from across the state and country.</p>

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<p>The immigrant sculptors who shaped an artists&rsquo; hub called Kumartuli suddenly got invaded not by people who are usual visitors to experience their idol making process, but by many who were curious to see a temporary transformation of the eco-system in the narrow alleys of the artisans&rsquo; colony flanked by thatched workshops.</p>

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<p>The value of public art has always been neglected in India where art has usually been produced to address a niche elite class, without reaching out to a larger audience. In this regard such initiatives are welcome, but for me, with a rejoinder. The neighborhood itself is identified as a &lsquo;Heritage Site&rsquo; in travel guidebooks and appears in government-sponsored advertisements promoting tourism in West Bengal. Alongside Howrah Bridge and Victoria Memorial, Kumartuli functions as visual shorthand for the city of Kolkata. The Bengal government has pitched for its heritage tag to the UNESCO.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Under such circumstances I felt concerned when a leading installation artist engaged with the city&rsquo;s Durga Puja, closely monitoring this event said: &ldquo;We will change the ambience of the place.&rdquo; While adding a layer to an existing layer of culture, aesthetics and craftsmanship embedded in the age-old tradition of these &lsquo;kumor&rsquo; community is welcome, a line needs to be drawn between trespassing and transformation.</p>

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<p>It is difficult to assess the impact of the &lsquo;public art&rsquo; on lay viewers, although it continues to hold the cognoscenti in sway. And indeed, the enthusiasm of the large number of visitors during these two days raised hope. The event was supported by a paint company who, in a few months from now, will engage &lsquo;well-appointed judges&rsquo; to give away prizes for best Durga Puja in the city and will be the target of verbal brickbats of practicing artists for their alleged partisan decisions. Such issues have often been debated at city seminars. However, one cannot deny the support of patrons, whatever maybe the extent of brick batting.</p>

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<p>Since ages, art needed patrons for support. In medieval Europe, it was patronized by royalty and aristocracy. Considered to be an acme of Renaissance Art, the Sistine Chapel of Rome was commissioned by the Pope. Leonardo Da Vinci&rsquo;s Mona Lisa was commissioned by her aristocratic husband. Ramkinkar&rsquo;s only monumental sculptural work of public art was the Yaksha-Yakshi duo for the RBI in Delhi, commissioned by Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi. The world&rsquo;s tallest statue, &lsquo;The Statue of Unity&rsquo; built as a memorial to Sardar Vallabbhai Patel was supported by the present Indian Government. Even post-partition displaced artisans of Kumartuli were supported by the Roys of Bhagyakul, Dhaka, a wealthy landowner family. So, a paint company as one of their CSR activities has every right to stand beside such initiatives however much they are subjected to criticism by the art fraternity in the months to come!</p>

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<p>Kumartuli will spring back to its usual fervor in a few days. The workshops will start making the initial structures for Durga idols after this refreshing break. The &lsquo;Baro mashe tero Parbon&rsquo;, a narrative and practice built over ages and carried forward by generations at Kumartuli, will go on, however much we think and wish to re-structure its age-old tenor. For some emotions and some creations never die.</p>

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<p>She received her training in classical music from Allah Rakha&mdash;an eminent ustad of Lucknow. She learned Rabindra Sangeet from Anadi Dastidar, <em><strong>kirtan</strong></em> from Dhirendra Mitra and Nazrul Geeti from Kazi Nazrul Islam himself. She was also trained by R.C. Boral, known to be the father of Indian music. Her musical talents were recognized and she recorded for HMV, Columbia and Megaphone. Kanan Devi was particularly close to Megaphone&rsquo;s J.N. Ghosh, who she often called Baba. She was given a separate room for living and singing and here maestros like Kazi Nazrul Islam, Vishmabeb Chattopadhyay, Gyan Datta and Binode Behari Ganguly became her regular trainers. Music lessons apart, J.N. Ghosh engaged a teacher, Mrs Gabbey for her to learn English.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>In 1931, she played the lead in <em><strong>Jore Barat</strong></em>, and a star was born who would dominate the screen for next three decades. Some of her prominent works are Vidyapati (1937), Mukti (1937), Street Singer (1938), Sapera (1939), Jawani Ki Reet (1939), Haar Jeet (1940), Jawab (1942) and the list goes on. Debaki Bose gave her the role of &lsquo;Anuradha&rsquo; in his masterpiece Vidyapati. She dominated the film with her superb performance and songs such as <em><strong>More angna mein aaye aali</strong></em> along with lovely duets with K.C. Dey.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>People would admire her acting, would sing her songs, would follow the fashion trends set by her. Through hard labour, confidence and determination to overcome the odds at all costs she earned for herself a position in society. She was graceful, beautiful and had all the glamour that renowned actor, director, and screenwriter of that time&mdash;P.C. Barua offered her the role of Paro in his all-time classic film &lsquo;Devdas&rsquo; but somehow she could not accept the offer due to contractual obligations with Radha Films.</p>

<p>Awarded the Padma Shree in 1968 and the Dadasaheb Phalke in 1976, Kanan Devi finally died on 17 July 1992 in Bellevue Clinic, Kolkata, bringing an end to an era.</p>
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<p>She received her training in classical music from Allah Rakha&mdash;an eminent ustad of Lucknow. She learned Rabindra Sangeet from Anadi Dastidar, <em><strong>kirtan</strong></em> from Dhirendra Mitra and Nazrul Geeti from Kazi Nazrul Islam himself. She was also trained by R.C. Boral, known to be the father of Indian music. Her musical talents were recognized and she recorded for HMV, Columbia and Megaphone. Kanan Devi was particularly close to Megaphone&rsquo;s J.N. Ghosh, who she often called Baba. She was given a separate room for living and singing and here maestros like Kazi Nazrul Islam, Vishmabeb Chattopadhyay, Gyan Datta and Binode Behari Ganguly became her regular trainers. Music lessons apart, J.N. Ghosh engaged a teacher, Mrs Gabbey for her to learn English.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>In 1931, she played the lead in <em><strong>Jore Barat</strong></em>, and a star was born who would dominate the screen for next three decades. Some of her prominent works are Vidyapati (1937), Mukti (1937), Street Singer (1938), Sapera (1939), Jawani Ki Reet (1939), Haar Jeet (1940), Jawab (1942) and the list goes on. Debaki Bose gave her the role of &lsquo;Anuradha&rsquo; in his masterpiece Vidyapati. She dominated the film with her superb performance and songs such as <em><strong>More angna mein aaye aali</strong></em> along with lovely duets with K.C. Dey.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>People would admire her acting, would sing her songs, would follow the fashion trends set by her. Through hard labour, confidence and determination to overcome the odds at all costs she earned for herself a position in society. She was graceful, beautiful and had all the glamour that renowned actor, director, and screenwriter of that time&mdash;P.C. Barua offered her the role of Paro in his all-time classic film &lsquo;Devdas&rsquo; but somehow she could not accept the offer due to contractual obligations with Radha Films.</p>

<p>Awarded the Padma Shree in 1968 and the Dadasaheb Phalke in 1976, Kanan Devi finally died on 17 July 1992 in Bellevue Clinic, Kolkata, bringing an end to an era.</p>
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<p>Located on Nehru Road that leads to the Chowrasta Mall in the middle of a busy shopping area, Keventer&rsquo;s also has a take-away section and bakery at the ground floor. The narrow wooden stairs to the upper floor and then the terrace itself reminds one of the creaky steps of a romantic wooden lodge. There are only five small tables in the indoor area upstairs that can seat four each. With wooden floor, glass top tables, old fashioned table-cloths and cane chairs, the ambience is relaxed and welcoming.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>As you walk to the upper floor, from the window-side tables on the right you get a marvelous view of the mountain range. Just sipping a cup of tea and reading a book, you can spend hours at this spot. From the tables on the other side of the small room you can see the Planters Club and the Nehru Road below and the ever happening Darjeeling rolling by.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>However, the highlight is the open terrace that sends shivers of freedom as you stand up there with the open vista of the Hills before you. The tables here have marble tops, at times with giant umbrellas giving shade during winter or during a monsoon drizzle. With dark green low walls, red stoned floor, Victorian lamps on the pillars along the wall and unabated views, it&rsquo;s almost like a Victorian saga at Keventer&rsquo;s.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Keventer&rsquo;s has been traditionally known for its famous English breakfast. However, you do get varieties of sandwiches, burgers, processed meat and snack items here such as sausages, meat loaf and eggs, salami, chicken cutlet, meat balls, lollipops and sandwiches with chicken, pork and cheese fillings. And of course, a hot cuppa of Darjeeling tea served in a pot with brown ceramic cups.</p>

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			'description' => '<p>This was Kumartuli with a difference. Not the usual shacks and studios where all round the year one gets to see idol makers concentrating on how to paint the eyes of an idol, or just mixing clay and straw to make a structure come alive. The Bengali New Year saw a different Kumartuli, where a two-day carnival mingled vibrant colours, stories on walls, and the aroma of soil through &lsquo;Rang Matir Panchali.&rsquo; This was organized through a collaborative effort of the idol making community of Kumartuli and a few leading contemporary artists of the city, spearheaded by Partha Dasgupta and Shushanta Paul.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>With the recent spurt of theme pujas and worshipping of various Gods getting apparent on almost every street corner of the city and state all-round the year, the idol makers&rsquo; hands are usually full. Yet, they lent their creative souls to an initiative to showcase to the world that they are also capable of doing other forms of art. And all these happened while they were busy delivering idols for Annapurna Puja or giving the last strokes to Laksmi-Ganesh idols for Poila Baishakh. After all, this would be a celebration with a difference.</p>

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<p>A step into the world of Rang Matir Panchali, opened up a Kumartuli exhibiting idol- making, installations, paintings, sculptures, photographs, wall graffiti, street art and much more. The multi-disciplinary art forms came alive almost in every nook and corner. Efforts to blend modern thoughts, art and perspectives with the traditional, came into being without disrupting the innate charm of the locality. Hard work that went behind such an extravaganza with Partha Dasgupta and Shushanta Paul at the helm of affairs had its own &lsquo;wow&rsquo; quotient. An attempt to build and showcase a series of public art within the living and working area of these idol makers went well with art connoisseurs of the city as well with a huge footfall of visitors from across the state and country.</p>

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<p>The immigrant sculptors who shaped an artists&rsquo; hub called Kumartuli suddenly got invaded not by people who are usual visitors to experience their idol making process, but by many who were curious to see a temporary transformation of the eco-system in the narrow alleys of the artisans&rsquo; colony flanked by thatched workshops.</p>

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<p>The value of public art has always been neglected in India where art has usually been produced to address a niche elite class, without reaching out to a larger audience. In this regard such initiatives are welcome, but for me, with a rejoinder. The neighborhood itself is identified as a &lsquo;Heritage Site&rsquo; in travel guidebooks and appears in government-sponsored advertisements promoting tourism in West Bengal. Alongside Howrah Bridge and Victoria Memorial, Kumartuli functions as visual shorthand for the city of Kolkata. The Bengal government has pitched for its heritage tag to the UNESCO.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Under such circumstances I felt concerned when a leading installation artist engaged with the city&rsquo;s Durga Puja, closely monitoring this event said: &ldquo;We will change the ambience of the place.&rdquo; While adding a layer to an existing layer of culture, aesthetics and craftsmanship embedded in the age-old tradition of these &lsquo;kumor&rsquo; community is welcome, a line needs to be drawn between trespassing and transformation.</p>

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<p>It is difficult to assess the impact of the &lsquo;public art&rsquo; on lay viewers, although it continues to hold the cognoscenti in sway. And indeed, the enthusiasm of the large number of visitors during these two days raised hope. The event was supported by a paint company who, in a few months from now, will engage &lsquo;well-appointed judges&rsquo; to give away prizes for best Durga Puja in the city and will be the target of verbal brickbats of practicing artists for their alleged partisan decisions. Such issues have often been debated at city seminars. However, one cannot deny the support of patrons, whatever maybe the extent of brick batting.</p>

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<p>Since ages, art needed patrons for support. In medieval Europe, it was patronized by royalty and aristocracy. Considered to be an acme of Renaissance Art, the Sistine Chapel of Rome was commissioned by the Pope. Leonardo Da Vinci&rsquo;s Mona Lisa was commissioned by her aristocratic husband. Ramkinkar&rsquo;s only monumental sculptural work of public art was the Yaksha-Yakshi duo for the RBI in Delhi, commissioned by Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi. The world&rsquo;s tallest statue, &lsquo;The Statue of Unity&rsquo; built as a memorial to Sardar Vallabbhai Patel was supported by the present Indian Government. Even post-partition displaced artisans of Kumartuli were supported by the Roys of Bhagyakul, Dhaka, a wealthy landowner family. So, a paint company as one of their CSR activities has every right to stand beside such initiatives however much they are subjected to criticism by the art fraternity in the months to come!</p>

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<p>Kumartuli will spring back to its usual fervor in a few days. The workshops will start making the initial structures for Durga idols after this refreshing break. The &lsquo;Baro mashe tero Parbon&rsquo;, a narrative and practice built over ages and carried forward by generations at Kumartuli, will go on, however much we think and wish to re-structure its age-old tenor. For some emotions and some creations never die.</p>

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<p>Born on 22 April 1916, she was known as the melody queen and was the first female star of Bengali cinema. Kanan began her career as the child artist in Madan Theatre of Calcutta during the silent era. She rose to fame with her artistic performance in Radha Film Company&rsquo;s Bengali production <em><strong>Manmayee Girls School</strong></em>. But some say her entry into films was primarily through music, that gets reflected even in her films where she herself acts and sings instead of giving lips to playback singers.&nbsp;</p>

<p>She received her training in classical music from Allah Rakha&mdash;an eminent ustad of Lucknow. She learned Rabindra Sangeet from Anadi Dastidar, <em><strong>kirtan</strong></em> from Dhirendra Mitra and Nazrul Geeti from Kazi Nazrul Islam himself. She was also trained by R.C. Boral, known to be the father of Indian music. Her musical talents were recognized and she recorded for HMV, Columbia and Megaphone. Kanan Devi was particularly close to Megaphone&rsquo;s J.N. Ghosh, who she often called Baba. She was given a separate room for living and singing and here maestros like Kazi Nazrul Islam, Vishmabeb Chattopadhyay, Gyan Datta and Binode Behari Ganguly became her regular trainers. Music lessons apart, J.N. Ghosh engaged a teacher, Mrs Gabbey for her to learn English.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>In 1931, she played the lead in <em><strong>Jore Barat</strong></em>, and a star was born who would dominate the screen for next three decades. Some of her prominent works are Vidyapati (1937), Mukti (1937), Street Singer (1938), Sapera (1939), Jawani Ki Reet (1939), Haar Jeet (1940), Jawab (1942) and the list goes on. Debaki Bose gave her the role of &lsquo;Anuradha&rsquo; in his masterpiece Vidyapati. She dominated the film with her superb performance and songs such as <em><strong>More angna mein aaye aali</strong></em> along with lovely duets with K.C. Dey.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>People would admire her acting, would sing her songs, would follow the fashion trends set by her. Through hard labour, confidence and determination to overcome the odds at all costs she earned for herself a position in society. She was graceful, beautiful and had all the glamour that renowned actor, director, and screenwriter of that time&mdash;P.C. Barua offered her the role of Paro in his all-time classic film &lsquo;Devdas&rsquo; but somehow she could not accept the offer due to contractual obligations with Radha Films.</p>

<p>Awarded the Padma Shree in 1968 and the Dadasaheb Phalke in 1976, Kanan Devi finally died on 17 July 1992 in Bellevue Clinic, Kolkata, bringing an end to an era.</p>
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<p>Born on 22 April 1916, she was known as the melody queen and was the first female star of Bengali cinema. Kanan began her career as the child artist in Madan Theatre of Calcutta during the silent era. She rose to fame with her artistic performance in Radha Film Company&rsquo;s Bengali production <em><strong>Manmayee Girls School</strong></em>. But some say her entry into films was primarily through music, that gets reflected even in her films where she herself acts and sings instead of giving lips to playback singers.&nbsp;</p>

<p>She received her training in classical music from Allah Rakha&mdash;an eminent ustad of Lucknow. She learned Rabindra Sangeet from Anadi Dastidar, <em><strong>kirtan</strong></em> from Dhirendra Mitra and Nazrul Geeti from Kazi Nazrul Islam himself. She was also trained by R.C. Boral, known to be the father of Indian music. Her musical talents were recognized and she recorded for HMV, Columbia and Megaphone. Kanan Devi was particularly close to Megaphone&rsquo;s J.N. Ghosh, who she often called Baba. She was given a separate room for living and singing and here maestros like Kazi Nazrul Islam, Vishmabeb Chattopadhyay, Gyan Datta and Binode Behari Ganguly became her regular trainers. Music lessons apart, J.N. Ghosh engaged a teacher, Mrs Gabbey for her to learn English.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>In 1931, she played the lead in <em><strong>Jore Barat</strong></em>, and a star was born who would dominate the screen for next three decades. Some of her prominent works are Vidyapati (1937), Mukti (1937), Street Singer (1938), Sapera (1939), Jawani Ki Reet (1939), Haar Jeet (1940), Jawab (1942) and the list goes on. Debaki Bose gave her the role of &lsquo;Anuradha&rsquo; in his masterpiece Vidyapati. She dominated the film with her superb performance and songs such as <em><strong>More angna mein aaye aali</strong></em> along with lovely duets with K.C. Dey.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>People would admire her acting, would sing her songs, would follow the fashion trends set by her. Through hard labour, confidence and determination to overcome the odds at all costs she earned for herself a position in society. She was graceful, beautiful and had all the glamour that renowned actor, director, and screenwriter of that time&mdash;P.C. Barua offered her the role of Paro in his all-time classic film &lsquo;Devdas&rsquo; but somehow she could not accept the offer due to contractual obligations with Radha Films.</p>

<p>Awarded the Padma Shree in 1968 and the Dadasaheb Phalke in 1976, Kanan Devi finally died on 17 July 1992 in Bellevue Clinic, Kolkata, bringing an end to an era.</p>
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