“...and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?” - #VincentVanGogh I had boarded this @AirIndia flight 2 years back.Have never seen a more beautifully #painted plane before!Have you?It’s gotpart of a #miniaturepainting on its tail wing.
Found it so fascinating that I kept staring up at it. Felt I was part of this scene from centuries back, literally flying back into time. I’m told it’s a page from a1700 #malwa painting.Why shud technology be inside a museum, why cannot art be on it @MuseumWeek@airindiain
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.”