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...
Team India is set to kick off the new cricket season. They meet their traditional rivals Sri Lanka in the first one-day international tomorrow at Hambantota, in Sri Lanka . The India-Sri Lanka bilateral cricket series hosted by Sri Lanka is part of the Future Cricket Tour Programs (FTP) prepared by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
India Tour of Sri Lanka-2012 consists of five one day internationals to be played during July 21-August 4 and just one Twenty20 international on August 7. Most members of Team India attended a two-day warm up camp in Chennai before coming to Sri Lanka . While Sachin Tendulkar opted for rest Virender Sehwag and Zaheer Khan have come back into the team.
This series is important due to several reasons. First, the T20 World Cup is going to be played in Sri Lanka in September, 2012. Second, Team India faces up to a very hectic season hosting tours of New Zealand , England , Pakistan and Australia in the coming months. And not the least, India is going to play all of these in sub-continental conditions and is not scheduled to set foot abroad till late 2013.
Let us brace up for an exciting cricket series! The Schedule!
Yes India vs Srilanka Matches Starts tommorrow .. can't be waiting anymore.. Love to see dhoni getting back the cup home again.. Dhoni Rocks!!
ReplyDeletei don't understand cricket. but it would be fun to watch it anyway, especially if the crowd are super hyper.
ReplyDeletethis is going to be a thrilling spectacle.It will be written up and discussed on such a super hyper level that it will rival the accounts bewteen the tensely fought clubs in the new cricket novel "Guile and Spin" by Stuart Larner.
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