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In pics: Holi celebrations begin, Nabanna Earth Weekend 2023 & more news from West Bengal

A quick look at the week that was for Kolkata

My Kolkata Web Desk Published 05.03.23, 07:30 PM
People indulge in some pre-Holi fun at Kolkata Basanta Utsab, an event organised by Association of International Technicians Artists and Art Workers (AITAA) at Maidan on Sunday
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People indulge in some pre-Holi fun at Kolkata Basanta Utsab, an event organised by Association of International Technicians Artists and Art Workers (AITAA) at Maidan on Sunday

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A colour-drenched crowd at Burrabazar on Sunday
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A colour-drenched crowd at Burrabazar on Sunday

Soumyajit Dey
(Top) Translator Arunava Sinha in conversation with Anjum Katyal about the challenges of translating from and into Bengali on Day 3 of the Nabanna Earth Weekend 2023 in Santiniketan. (Above) Political scientist Sumantra Bose talks to Oindrilla Dutt about his late mother Krishna Bose’s book on the life and politics of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at the event. The Nabanna Art and Craft Fair will be on till March 13
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(Top) Translator Arunava Sinha in conversation with Anjum Katyal about the challenges of translating from and into Bengali on Day 3 of the Nabanna Earth Weekend 2023 in Santiniketan. (Above) Political scientist Sumantra Bose talks to Oindrilla Dutt about his late mother Krishna Bose’s book on the life and politics of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at the event. The Nabanna Art and Craft Fair will be on till March 13

Nayantara Mazumder
(Top) Handloom expert Amitrasudan Saha, interior designer Minku Tagore and sustainable fashion designer Meghna Nayak in conversation with Ruchira Das about responsible lifestyle choices on Day 2 of Nabanna Earth Weekend 2023. (Above) Authors Sumana Roy, Iryna Vikyrchak and Krisha Kops talk to Anjum Katyal about writing and responding to the world at the event
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(Top) Handloom expert Amitrasudan Saha, interior designer Minku Tagore and sustainable fashion designer Meghna Nayak in conversation with Ruchira Das about responsible lifestyle choices on Day 2 of Nabanna Earth Weekend 2023. (Above) Authors Sumana Roy, Iryna Vikyrchak and Krisha Kops talk to Anjum Katyal about writing and responding to the world at the event

Nayantara Mazumder
A pre-Holi awareness campaign organised by Bidhan Sishu Udyan on Saturday. Children wearing masks and carrying placards about the need to take necessary precautions amid the spread of Adenovirus made up the rally
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A pre-Holi awareness campaign organised by Bidhan Sishu Udyan on Saturday. Children wearing masks and carrying placards about the need to take necessary precautions amid the spread of Adenovirus made up the rally

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Visitors take a stroll through The Art Cart Canvas Carnival on Jodhpur Park Road on March 4. Paintings, junk jewellery and artists in action have been the highlights of the event organised in association with Rotary Club Calcutta North East. The carnival was on till March 5
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Visitors take a stroll through The Art Cart Canvas Carnival on Jodhpur Park Road on March 4. Paintings, junk jewellery and artists in action have been the highlights of the event organised in association with Rotary Club Calcutta North East. The carnival was on till March 5

Suvendu Das
Visually impaired students take part in a Flower Holi celebration on Saturday. Sarodiya, a charitable trust, organised the event for the students of Light House for the Blind, Kolkata
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Visually impaired students take part in a Flower Holi celebration on Saturday. Sarodiya, a charitable trust, organised the event for the students of Light House for the Blind, Kolkata

Arnab Dutta
Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim inaugurates Ashroy, a shelter for urban homeless people, in Sukantanagar under the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation on March 1. The shelter can accommodate 80 people, providing them with free meals and medical consultation
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Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim inaugurates Ashroy, a shelter for urban homeless people, in Sukantanagar under the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation on March 1. The shelter can accommodate 80 people, providing them with free meals and medical consultation

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Shashi Panja, West Bengal minister of women and child development and social welfare and chairperson of the West Bengal Transgender Persons Development Board; Manabi Bandyopadhyay and Sudeshna Roy of the women's commission hand over certificates and identity cards to transgender persons at a programme organised by the West Bengal Transgender Persons Development Board under the women and child development and social welfare department at Rabindra Sadan on March 1 at Rabindra Sadan
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Shashi Panja, West Bengal minister of women and child development and social welfare and chairperson of the West Bengal Transgender Persons Development Board; Manabi Bandyopadhyay and Sudeshna Roy of the women's commission hand over certificates and identity cards to transgender persons at a programme organised by the West Bengal Transgender Persons Development Board under the women and child development and social welfare department at Rabindra Sadan on March 1 at Rabindra Sadan

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