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Kamalan’s newsletter brings you a bi-monthly dose of India. The Indian Travel Craftsman shares with you all that he loves.
a Place
Kolkata for Durga Puja
a Poem
Chain Of Pearls Mother, I shall weave a chain of pearls for thy neck with my tears of sorrow. The stars have wrought their anklets of light to deck thy feet, but mine will hang upon thy breast. Wealth and fame come from thee and it is for thee to give or to withhold them. But this my sorrow is absolutely mine own, and when I bring it to thee as my offering thou rewardest me with thy grace. Rabindranath Tagore
Drawing by Ajit Mookerjee http://books.simonandschuster.com/ Kali/Ajit-Mookerjee/9780892812127
a Portrait Rabindranath Tagore in 1935
a Painting
Untitled by Jamini Roy
http://ngmaindia.gov.in/sh-jamini-roy.asp
a Picture Devi The Goddess by Satyajit Ray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCag84Fi1_8
And two short and lovely videos https://vimeo.com/50520389 https://vimeo.com/52336640
a Performance Parvati Baul Live at the Kabir Festival 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKWJ5jvrOP0
KOLKATA a Pathway
In the embrace of Durga, the Mother Goddess
“Travel with us to the ‘City of Kali’, Kolkata. The Mother Goddess Durga, thePrimeval Energy as they call her, arrives in Bengal every autumn as she vanquishes the forces of evil. As the city of Kolkata decks up like a bride to welcome Her, people rejoice with decorations, ritual worship, music, dance and of course, food!”
http://www.kamalan.travel/pathways/durga-puja-kolkata/
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