Wednesday, February 24, 1999
Panipat revisited
Two hundred and thirty eight years of servility and pain, freedom and ecstacy have gone by. Yet time has done little to wash away memories of the third battle of Panipat.
Threading dreams
All along, Sujuni Kantha -- as the art of Kantha running stitch on layered work is known in Bihar -- was used to make gifts for weddings and births.For some women, though, the craft has been an ally of sorts in the struggle for change.
Of mud & metal
Beginning its Festival of Contemporary Art '99 with a joint exhibition of S H Raza and Sujata Bajaj, Gallery 7 continues the celebration with Journey into the Unknown -- a joint show of Mona Rai and Sejal Kshirsagar's paintings.
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