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Tanushree Bhowmik

ARTICLES BY TANUSHREE BHOWMIK

Today, this public display of devotion and ecstasy has come to be associated with Durga Puja. Photo: iSTOCKPHOTO

Why the ritual of ‘sindoor khela’ has found a place in Indian pop culture

6 min read . 02 Oct 2025

On Bijaya Dashami, as idols are taken out for immersion, even those who pride themselves on propriety shed their inhibitions to give in to rhythm and participate in the ‘bhashaner naach’. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Do you know the origin of the song and dance rituals associated with Durga Puja?

4 min read . 12 Oct 2024

Priests worshipping the Goddess Kali, 19th century. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

How did the figure of Kali become a symbol of resistance in Bengal?

5 min read . 12 Nov 2023

Durga patachitra from Medinipur. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Do you know the history of the Durga patachitras in Bengal?

4 min read . 21 Oct 2023

Detail from the Coin of Azilises showing Gaja Lakshmi standing on a lotus; coins of Gandhara, 1st century BCE. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Diwali 2022: Do you know of the many forms of Lakshmi in Bengal?

6 min read . 24 Oct 2022

Kumari Puja has roots in the Kumari Osa of the indigenous people from the hills tracts of Sambalpur in Odisha. Photo: courtesy Tanushree Bhowmik

Delving deep into texts to find agrarian roots of Goddess Durga

6 min read . 03 Oct 2022

The Chaitra Sankranti meal symbolises all the tastes of life—bitter, sweet, sour, pungent, spicy—and is an ode to a year well spent. Photo: Tanushree Bhowmik

Do you know of the folklore behind the gajon festival?

6 min read . 14 Apr 2022

You enter the first of the temples dedicated to the Chausath ‘yoginis’ in India through a circular, roofless structure. (Courtesy Tanushree Bhowmik)

In search of a ‘yogini’ in Odisha

5 min read . 09 Apr 2022

The linkage between the festival and sesame seeds is fascinating, so much so that in many parts it is called the Til Sankrant

The vibrant legends and folklore surrounding Makar Sankranti

5 min read . 14 Jan 2022

Even in otherwise normal times, Indian women do the most unpaid-for caregiving and domestic work of any country globally, Photo by Carl Heyerdahi on Unsplash

Why does motherhood have to be equated with martyrdom?

7 min read . 04 Jun 2021

Besides the glistening silver hilsa or the rohu, it is mostly scaleless, dark-skinned bottom feeders such as the snakehead murrel, spotted snakehead, and wallago catfish that are offered to Durga. Photo: iSTOCKPHOTO

How fish became part of the bhog on Dashami

5 min read . 25 Oct 2020

‘Bori narkel chalkmuro ghonto’, or ash gourd with lentil dumplings and grated coconut. (Photo: Courtesy Tanushree Bhowmik)

The making of a vegetable sacrifice

3 min read . 27 Sept 2019

‘Bori narkel chalkmuro ghonto’, or ash gourd with lentil dumplings and grated coconut. (Photo: Courtesy Tanushree Bhowmik)

The making of a vegetable sacrifice

3 min read . 27 Sept 2019

Photo: Tanushree Bhowmik

How Partition could never take away a Bengali’s food

6 min read . 09 Jul 2017