God's Own Creators

Kumartuli is the place very near to 'Shobha Bazaar', a common market with common people. But there lies a very uncommon talent in the hand of God's own Creators, the Kumartuli Artists.

I visited this place last post summer just before Durga (Goddess) worship. As I passed through the market, I had no idea what I was going to see. There was no sign board. I asked few guys where is place and interestingly every body knew about the place.

As I entered the small gallery, the world got changed, as I entered probably in god's own place. Here is the place where god themselves are being created and god own creators are spelling their magic all around.

So I took some shots and posting some of the best of them here. Next time whenever you visit Kolkata during July/Aug/Sep, Do Meet God's Own Creators.

kumartuli aug 2009

Dancing Trees

Tress has always been source of inspiration in my life. Imagine who are gateways of life on earth. They are none other than our trees. Scientists reveals how trees apply quantum effect to convert sun rays into energy (see here)

Recently as I looked at them, I realized probably they taught our ancestors to dance!!!

Dancing Trees

I feel pathetic dancer but these trees are inspiring me to dance. What about you?

Crow Wisdom

"A thirsty crow once found a pitcher with a little water in it. But when he tired to drink the water, he could not. The pitcher was tall and his beak didn't reach the water. The cleaver crow thought and hit upon a plan. He went on dropping pebbles into the pitcher. The water rose up to its neck and he quenched his thirst."

Wow .. what a clever crow he was !!!

Recently, I noticed that I have been ignoring one of the common thing about Kolkata, my current city, and that is a lot of crows. Crow are in front of my house, playing park, streets, market and almost every where. They start their day early at 5PM, many times I have been woke up very early morning by their chatter.

I started my research and found some interesting articles on the intelligence of crows. One of my favorite is talk by Joshua Klein and his elegant machine over crows. listen TED Talk.

What may be more interesting is how crow behave in a group. Today I saw crows seems like talking to each other in a group.

As summary, some of the fascinating behavior about crows are:

1. "Never Die Attitude"
2. "Ultimately find the way"
3. "Adaptability"
4. "Negotiate Everything", well you might seen them negotiating among themselves.

Happy crowing!!!