Art & Deal

Monthly Art Magazine in India

Month: October 2020

Cover Story

Cover Story

Tarpana: The holy act of Remembering one’s Ancestors SHANKU SHARMA Usually, thousands of families converge at the historic Barak River (especially the Sadarghat area) in Silchar to pay respects to their elders (Tarpana) in the form of offerings during the…

Cover Story

Cover Story

Patua: Bengal’s minstrels of mythos UPASANA BHATTACHARYA Daitya once lived in the hills outside a tiny village in Bengal. He had caused massive pandemonium in the lives of the locals, for he would come out at night and devour whoever…

Cover Story

Cover Story

ARPANA CAUR SHARES SOME THOUGHT WITH KAINAAT FATIMA As Shakespeare said, “The world’s a stage, and we are all mere players”, my story too since its beginning substantiated changes of our turbulent times. A story that gave me the wisdom…

Editorial

Editorial

Dear Readers, The concept of “one idea and many forms” comes from the folklore that talks about the manifestations and expressions of believers seeing one image of the Divine from multiple perspectives. Similarly, festivals too are seen from multiple discourses…

Essay

Essay

‘Mahisasurmardini’: Myth, traditions and Art – Apurva Sinha “Tvam-Iishvarii Devi Caraa-Carasya “-.Narayani Stuti (of Devi Mahatmyam) ‘O Devi, You are the Goddess of all the Moving and Non-Moving Beings’ Incantation to the Devi, who is the mother of all; she…