In Kolkata, poetry and art from Gaza and Bengal famine converge in Durga Puja pandal

This year is the Behala Friends Durga Puja, who emphasized the ongoing humanitarian crises in Gaza as the themes of this year, between the theme -based Durga Pujas, who created fluctuations between Pandal Hoppers and art lovers in Kolkata, as the themes of 1943, which was witnessed by Bengal.

“Even though we have not seen the scarcity of Bengal ourselves, we encountered terrible accounts through verbal memories of our elderly and writings from that time. Hindu.

Behala Friends Durga Puja describes the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza as a theme of 2025 as well as the 1943 famine in Bengal. Photo Loan: Debasish Bhaduri

The Graduates of the Government Art and Handicrafts College and Rabindra Bharati University graduates were the primary artist who designed and designed and designed the theme of Pandal and Idol this year.

Puja’s theme was called ‘nabanna’ after the 1944 title of Playwright Bhattacharya in Bengal Familyness.

Mr. Das said he reached the photographer Seamus Murphy and Raeda Ghazaleh in Jerusalem.

“Raeda read the poem of his friend Naama Hassan, who was in the Gaza Strip with his family. When I read the translation poem, I found parallels to the stories of hunger and death depicted in Bengal poem written on famine. Although the West Bengal and Gas were 5,000 kilometers away,” he said.

Behala Friends Durga Puja describes the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza as a theme of 2025 as well as the 1943 famine in Bengal. Photo Loan: Debasish Bhaduri

Raeda’s poem is a part of the multi -layered sound view in Durga Puja Pandal. However, several visual elements came together to direct the audience to collective images of two space-time. At the entrance, visitors pass through a belt that looks like a human cage. Bangla and Gazan poetry were written on the walls with the artistic depictions of bullets and weapons. The walls near the idol were drawn to describe scenes from India’s British occupation.

Instead of the Ten -Hand form of the goddess, we put a scattered and troubled woman’s statue to describe the women who followed the war and humanitarian crises. It is as if the goddess itself, alongside the Mukions, as well as the sons of Durga, as well as the elements of the elements, the sons of Durga, at the same time.

Behala Friends Durga Puja describes the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza as a theme of 2025 as well as the 1943 famine in Bengal. Photo Loan: Debasish Bhaduri

Behala’s friends Durga Puja also received an important traction on social media platforms where pandal reel and images became viral. Organizers and artist said that they were drowned with Pandal Hoppers’ positive reaction.

Srinjoy Saha, a member of the organization committee, said that the artist was given full freedom to explore Puja’s theme and that they were very pleased with the emergence of the pandal as a narrative and artistic experience.

“Various people visit the panda and everyone gets different comments from him. People have adopted our business.