Kumartuli or Kumortuli is located in the northern part of the city of Kolkata . The locality is a traditional habitat of the potters for nearly three hundred years. The potters or the artisans or the artists settled here during the restructuring of the Kolkata colonial region by the British East India Company . Earning a livelihood by making earthen pots and utensils first they gradually shifted to the making of the idols of Gods and Goddesses for various festivals round the year. With increasing demand and quality of their creations over time the artisans became famous and Kumartuli came to be known as the hub of idol makers supplying thousands of idols, particularly of Goddess Durga , to whole of the state of West Bengal and to NRIs of around 90 countries across the globe. At least three months before Durga Puja , the biggest festival of West Bengal and one of the biggest across Eastern India, more than five hundred workshops come alive with hyper activity day and night. Fir...
Quite a long break. Well, busy with work in office and not rather keeping fit. So it was mostly rest at home. In the meantime the political rampage in India is still going on. Now the trust vote will be done on a special session of Parliament on July 21-22. If the government win the trust vote the nuclear deal is through. For now the left-right megamix (the left political parties and the fundamentalist right wing parties coming together to bring the government down)is rocking!