How do you save a heritage property that is privately owned, with many claimants who rather make money from the prime real estate than save the heritage structure?
Baaraan Ijlal, a Delhi based visual artist embarked on an unusual journey in Kolkata along with Belgian photographer Alton Valadres, to find the lost memories and forgotten heritage of the vivacious city. Baaraan's public art project, 'Cities and Memories' is an attempt to revive the visual histories of cities across India and the narrative power that its inhabitants hold.
Baaraan's observations of old buildings in Kolkata have been beautifully expressed in her paintings where she narrates the stories of common people and their everyday life in the city. They may not have roots in a city but have accepted it as their own. Baaraan says that a city remembers all its inhabitants.READ MORE.....
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