A Glimpse though the Lens

18/07/2024

The Book launch of
"𝑻𝙝𝒆 𝑻𝙖𝒕𝙩𝒐𝙤 𝘾𝒐𝙣𝒏𝙚𝒄𝙩 "
𝑩𝙮 𝘿𝒓. 𝘼𝒎𝙞𝒕 𝑩𝙞𝒋𝙤𝒏 𝑫𝙪𝒕𝙩𝒂

𝑩𝙮
𝑺𝒉𝒓𝒊. 𝑵𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒋𝒊 𝑮𝒂𝒅𝒌𝒂𝒓𝒊
𝑴𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 & 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑹𝒐𝒂𝒅 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒘𝒂𝒚

What's inside the book?
Among the various forms of body art, tattoos are permanent. Their near-permanent nature earned them cultural significance among the people of the older civilisation. Each community and tribe, however, ascribes a different importance to the art of tattooing. This book discusses two communities where tattoos are a culturally significant artefact, not merely an art form. While tattooing Ram Ram is an act of ultimate surrender for the Ramnami, it is a mark of achievement for the head-hunting Konyak Nagas. I'd like you to read on to learn how tattoos continue to define the cultural beliefs of these artefacts. And their struggle to take pride in this age-old tradition in the modern context.

16/07/2024

The Book "The Tattoo Connect, by Dr. Amit Bijon Dutta" was launched by Honorable Shri. Nitinji Gadkari Member of Parliament and Mister of Road Transport & Highways in the Government of India

What's inside the book?

Among the various forms of body art, tattoos are permanent. Their near-permanent nature earned them cultural significance among the people of the older civilization's. Each community and tribe, however, ascribes a different importance to the art of tattooing. This book discusses two communities where tattoos are a culturally significant artefact, not merely an art form. While tattooing Ram Ram is an act of ultimate surrender for the Ramnami, it is a mark of achievement for the head-hunting Konyak Nagas. Read on to learn how tattoos continue to define the cultural beliefs of these artefacts. And their struggle to take pride in this age-old tradition in the modern context.

It is printed and published by Binder Photo-books, New Delhi, India.

17/11/2020

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Thank you Live Nagpur to cover the Book Launch ....

13/11/2020

𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑷𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝑳𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅!

𝗛𝗼𝗻'𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗵𝗿𝗶 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗺𝘂𝗸𝗵𝗷𝗶
appreciated our work and honoured us by signing a copy of the book.
𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬!
Homeless Portraits features portraits and stories of homeless people living on the streets of Nagpur.
The book will be soon available for sale.

13/04/2020

Chiiz Magazine Gallery Publication.....
Chiiz Magazine

04/03/2020

Bounded by the Karakoram and Himalayan mountains, Ladhak is the largest province in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The landscape of Ladhak, a high altitude desert, is defined by craggy, barren cliffs and plateaus. Ladhak is a favorite among adventure sports enthusiasts, offering unique adventures in trekking, mountaineering and white water rafting. While rafting options are available on both Indus and Zanskar rivers, the Zanskar course is more difficult and exciting. The trekking options range from short, day-long walks to visit monuments or monastic settlements to long, trans-mountain treks involving weeks of walking and camping in the wilderness. Ladhak celebrates a numbers of monastic festivals - annual events of the major monasteries primarily in winters. The month of September, hosts the Ladhak Festival, that gives a peek into the richness, depth and pageantry of Ladakh's centuries-old culture, traditions and folk heritage. One can witness the best samples of the region's performing arts, Archery contests and the Ladhak Polo Cup.
Ladakh became a Union Territory on 31st October 2019. The Union Territory of Ladakh comprises two districts namely Leh and Kargil. It is renowned for its remote mountain beauty and distinct culture.

04/03/2020

One knows that ‘The Taj’ is one amongst the World’s Wonders!
One knows that it is one amongst the UNESCO World Heritage Sites!!
One knows The Taj as a legend of eternal love of an Emperor for his favourite Queen!!!

Well, ‘The Taj’ has distinctions much beyond just these!
Therefore, ‘The Taj’, surely, deserves your visit once and more!!!
Come, Walk along the pathway beside the reflecting pool with fountains upto the mausoleum crafted in soft & pure marble and jewelled with semi precious stones, where in the serenity of paradise rests the Queen in peace with her King. Come to unfold the pages from the past to churn the charm out of its mystique and enrich your imagination about this marvel of an epic in stone, The Taj!

The grace of perfection of proportions and grandeur of geometrical patterns of well appointed gardens enhancing the poise of the whole complex together add magnificence to the delicacy of this mance of love, dedication and purity, ‘The Taj’!

Come take a dip into the saga of ‘The Taj’, culled out from no fiction but facts and unfurl a saga, which is set out of nothing but pure love!

Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder! Probably for Taj Mahal, the axiom is just the other way round.The Taj is the beauty personified! The Taj displays its different moods through its varied shades. The Taj has as many shades as any kind of beauty can ever have! The Taj is pinkish in the morning, milky white in the evening, golden when the moon shines and the intermediary variants during different hours of the day and during different seasons in a year.

Picturesque descriptions by the historians contemporary to the period of its making, the facts revealed by the scholars & archaeologists of today and the panoramic montage of the reasons behind its making are sketched with every step you would walk towards the mausoleum the next time you visit The Taj!

A look this time at the Taj will keep you indulged with thoughts superimposing your sight and would make you feel the presence of Shah Jahan, the Maker and Mumtaz Mahal, the Reason, as though walking along with you.

Whence its breathtaking splendour makes you wonder breathlessly and you tend to pause for a while but to continue staring at ‘The Taj’, you would sense them standing beside you!

If one has a heart that beats and that beat throbs to seek, the purity of love in galore! Surely one deserves a visit to ‘The Taj’, as much as ‘The Taj’ deserves your visit once, and more!

Come to ‘The Taj’ with blissful pride! Bring the saga come alive!!
Come; fall in love, every time!!!

04/03/2020

Holi of Barsana, the birthplace of Radha, a village, 42 kms away from Mathura, is of particular interest. Here, men from Nandgaon, the land of Krishna come to play Holi with the girls of Barsana and hope of raising their flag over Shri Radhikaji's temple. But, instead of colours they are greeted with sticks by the gopis. Hence, the Holi get its new name here-Lathmaar Holi.

Smart enough, men come fully padded as they are fully aware what kind of welcome awaits them and also the fact that they are not allowed to retaliate on that day.

In this mock battle of sorts, they try their best not to be captured. The unlucky one's however, are forcefully led away and get a good thrashing from the women. Further, they are made to wear a female attire and dance in public. All in the spirit of Holi.

Renowned poets like Surdas, Nand-das, Kumbhan-das and others have picturesquely described how Lord Krishna received similar treatment and was forced to don a sari and wear make-up and perform dance before being released by the gopies.

The next day, it is the turn of men of Barsana. They reciprocate by invading Nandgaon and drench the womenfolk of Nandgaon in colours of kesudo, naturally occurring orange-red dye and palash. Today, the women of Nadagow beat the invaders from Barsana. It is a colourful site.

However, in the interest of tourism and safety, the state tourist board has set up excellent vantage points for the public. A large open ground, on the outskirts of the town is specially set aside for the most magnificent display of the festivities.

The week long Holi celebrations also continue in the various Krishna temples on different days. The celebrations are filled with clouds of colours and of course, much fun.

04/03/2020