In the Shadows - Unknown Craftsmen of Bengal | Payal Mohanka | India Booked
NOV 11, 202229 MIN
In the Shadows - Unknown Craftsmen of Bengal | Payal Mohanka | India Booked
NOV 11, 202229 MIN
Description
<p>Through six chapters dedicated to a mostly unknown village in Bengal and its craft, Payal Mohanka paints a picture of the rural crafting communities that produce rather <strong>unusual crafts objects</strong> like <strong>wigs, decorative lights, polo balls, boats, shuttlecocks </strong>and<strong> jeans</strong>.<br>
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As a <strong>journalist</strong>, when Payal was filing four-minute capsules on each of these activities for the <strong>India Business Report on BBC World Service television</strong>, she made a decision to capture these activities in more detail. After a decade Payal Mohanka returned to these six villages; Baniban Jagdishpur, Chandernagor, Deulpur, Balagarh, Jadurberia and Chatta Kalikapur and the result is this book.</p>
<p>Join her with host Ayushi Mona as she shares her peculiar and fascinating journey. </p>