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nine nights

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  view from zanana,         feminism,                      doli

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Navratri-nine nights, the Indian festival is going to end tonight. Different parts of India celebrate it differently. (How and why see here, here and here.)

But mainly, nine forms of  Shakti (power) (metaphor for goddess Durga) i.e. female divinity are worshipped.

Here is my modern way to celebrate navratri with nine Indian women artists’ work on canvas about women’s -emotions, situation, modernity, entrapment and hopes…..

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celebrating kantha artisans

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I was not paying any attention to ongoing Lakme Fashion Week spring summer 2008, Mumbai until I saw this photo feeling a little heaviness around my vocal chords!

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It is a rarity, the kind of scene I have not seen before! A fashion designer brought with her kantha artisans on stage to take a bow . I have developed sudden admiration for fashion designer from Kolkatta; Agnimitra Paul who celebrated kantha embroiders in such a beautiful way. (Such things are long over-over due from fashion industry)

Just to celebrate kantha artisans, here are few random kantha work images and how-to and award-winning artisans’ work.

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How to do kantha work step by step. More here.

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What is kantha embroidery and history.

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A few award winning creations and the artisans.

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modern benches

Though these are called public seating, I am thinking of geometrical fluidity, sleekness, clean modern lines and yes colours of these benches. To say the least I am impressed and inspired!

Designobis, a design team headed by Hakan Gürsu Dr, based in Ankara, Turkey has other many such fluid concepts in chairs too.

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citylights

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UFO bench

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cipablo bench

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row bench

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noodle bench

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zen bench

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if you were a bird

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Bahai, Lotus Temple, New Delhi,  India

If you were a bird or a kite or a camera perched on a kite in the sky, how the world would look according to you? Kite aerial – French photographer Nicolas Chorier‘s earth from up above!

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Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri, India

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Practising Kalaripayattu on the Beach of Kozhikode, India

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