№ MMXXVI

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Rachna by M.

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MM · XXVI

Canvas
Doll Series

Karuna

टूटा हृदय

Tuta Hriday

Trilochan
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कहीं से टूटा भी हृदय अपना नित्य अपना रहेगा । भूले भी पथ पर इसे छोड़ कर जो चलेगा, भोगेगा । क्षण क्षण कहानी अवश सी सुनाएगी गाथा, मुखर मुख होंगे सुरस से

इति

Trilochan

The Poet

त्रिलोचन

Trilochan

Doll Series

Paired Painting

Doll Series

Bikash Bhattacharjee possessed a rare, almost unsettling ability to peel back the layers of reality in urban Kolkata. In his iconic Doll series, he uses the image of a child's toy to hold a mirror to the societal decay and deep psychological unrest of his time. The stark contrast between the fragile, porcelain doll suspended in midair and the weathered, deteriorating colonial architecture speaks to a profound sense of isolation. To look upon this painting is to feel the weight of a silent, forgotten world where the boundary between the innocent plaything and the human soul is blurred, leaving the viewer to confront the haunting beauty of neglect.

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If this held you

Four more, in the same key.

Chosen for their rasa and their register, not their popularity. Each one carries some part of what Tuta Hriday carries.