Posts by: Proma Chakraborty

Proma Chakraborty -February 7, 2019

The times, they are a’ changing, but some love stories are timeless in the way they play out. These couples have walked on fire and stood in the eye of the storm, hand-in-hand all along. Patriot spoke to some of these couples who are still very much in love, despite the hands they were dealt […]

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Proma Chakraborty -February 7, 2019

Art attack What: Challenging the status quo, this exhibition features the works of several leading artists. Titled ‘Tales of Yore’, it is a fluent march across the sweep of time, aiming to capture nimble human fancies through emblematic art. The exhibition has invited leading artists, sculptors and satirists to open windows to their imaginings of […]

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Proma Chakraborty -February 7, 2019

This exhibition features more than 100 works of an artist who did not give up on his creativity even after he lost his eyesight and went on to become the first major muralist of India Blindness is a new feeling. A new experience, A new state of being’. – Benode Behari Mukherjee. One of the […]

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Proma Chakraborty -February 1, 2019

Taste of Dilli 6 What: For all the foodies in the city, here’s a festival that will take you to the streets of Old Delhi with its food, shopping, and entertainment. Dilli 6 Food Festival, curated by Purani Dilli Walo ki Baatein in association with Dilli Durbar, is dedicated to the authentic food of Old […]

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Proma Chakraborty -January 31, 2019

Brazilian melodyWhat: From the melodic lilt of Bossa Nova to the rhythmic roar of the Samba, Sabor do Brasil brings to you the taste of the flavours of Brazil! The rhythms wash over you like the waters of the river. The melodies are intimate and charming. Dance or just chill out with the songs of […]

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Proma Chakraborty -January 31, 2019

Veteran painter Rameshwar Broota has found a new medium and a new source of creativity: sculptures using shredded paper with resin   It all started back in 2016 at the office-cum-studio of Triveni Kala Sangam.   The enormous stacks of waste paper that his shredding machine was generating caught the eye of veteran artist Rameshwar […]

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Proma Chakraborty -January 31, 2019

The colourful artworks at the new Aqua line metro stations have added life and transformed the stations into something more than just mere transit points in the city Long queues, lack of connectivity, hassle of scanning paper tokens, confusion over issuance of smart cards – commuters at the newly opened Aqua line metro stations have […]

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Proma Chakraborty -January 24, 2019

Eight artists of four South Asian nations got together in Kathmandu to create artworks – personal encounters, myths and fables — that are now being exhibited in Delhi Political conflicts, religious tension, socio-economic disputes — the world is no stranger to these frictions when it comes to the relationship of countries sharing borders in South […]

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