In ‘The story of India’s Unicorns’ by #Marg authors Shibani Bose, Asok Kumar Das DS Chavda trace depiction of #IndianRhino on cave painting,temple terracotta,Mughal paintings,coats of arms, ‘howdahs’, Indian gods #WorldRhinoDay@NatGeo@SanctuaryAsia @leonardodicapriofdn @WWF
These have proved the presence of the Rhino across the entire country extending beyond its present habitat in the North East. Rhinos were feared, hunted, revered but in all these formats were part of the Indian consciousness #WorldRiversDay#WorldRhinoDay2018#SaveTheRhinos#wwf
I’ll share some photos of #memorials of #british#soldiers in #India here are from the #afghanchurch in #mumbai it was the 1st Anglican Church in South #bombay started as a chapel. In 1838soldiers killed in the 1st#afghanwar were laid to rest here, then from the other 2wars
These are #handwoven#silk#saris made in #Murshidabad in #Bengal in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Called ‘Baluchari’ sari as they were woven in the land near the river Bhagirathi which flows by Murshidabad. ‘Balu’ means ‘sand’ & ‘char’ means ‘bank’ in #bangla#language
“An attempt to reach out to those interested in the arts, but isolated by the lockdown, is now an #oraldocumentationproject encouraging you to draw or write about your favourite memory from a museum...Thank you @janeborges87 written so beautifully our team is beaming
“The idea was to reach out to those who might have been forgotten, are #isolated, #depressed and lack access to #museums or #heritage sites. By opening up an undiscovered space, I wanted to give them something to look forward to in the future," says Das.”