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Remembering India’s First Modern Sculptor, Ramkinkar Baij He broke free from the stultifying conformism of colonial and pre-modern studio sculpturing to encompass in his work the lives and struggles of plain, unremarkable human beings. Ramkinkar Baij: (May 25, 1906 – August 2, 1980) Credit: Twitter My memories of Ramkinkar Baij, such as they are, are interlaced with two things that one rarely associates with an artist. The first, curiously, is kerosene. And the second, somewhat less oddly, is summer, or rather, a hot summer day. One afternoon in the middle of April, in 1973, my frie...

Prime Minister and Chancellor of Visva-Bharati Narendra Modi made a virtual address to mark the start of the varsity’s centenary celebrations on Thursday where he lauded Rabindranath Tagore’s “inclusiveness” and “self-reliance”.  “Gurudev was carrying on the ideology of inclusiveness, omniscient co-existence and cooperation for the betterment of human beings. This vision of Gurudev for Visva-Bharati is also the essence of Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India),” Modi said from Delhi via videoconference to address a gathering of university officials, teachers and alumni. Tago...

Amit Shah visits Visva Bharati and pays floral tributes to poet Rabindranath Tagore Shantiniketan, Dec 20 (UNI) Amit Shah today visited Visva Bharati University and paid floral tributes to poet Rabindranath Tagore. He also visited museum and Sangit Bhawan where the students performed song and dance to the visiting dignitary. He was accompanied by Vice-Chancellor. After that, he visited Bangladesh Bhawan and interacted with the concerned officials regarding Indo-Bangla cultural programme. Amit Shah will have lunch in the house of baul Basudeb Das at his Ratan Pally home. The baul will also pre...