tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000456447770564113.post1315592484060436397..comments2024-02-15T17:55:05.415+05:30Comments on Anaarkali - The Saga of Bhil Adivasi Indigenous People: Didarganj YakshiRahul Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03878406459334361611noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000456447770564113.post-60455483239752338602016-12-04T06:12:58.198+05:302016-12-04T06:12:58.198+05:30DEar Arvind, the fact is that women were portrayed...DEar Arvind, the fact is that women were portrayed in the seminude or nude. Why they were so portrayed is a matter of opinion. While you think that Mauryan civilisation was not patriarchal there is enough evidence to suggest that it was and so the likelihood is high that the male sculptors were of a patriarchal mindset. That is my opinion and I am entitled to it even if you disagree with it because it is your opinion against mine. In fact not only ancient indian society but all of human society has been patriarchal for over 15 thousand years now.<br /> Rahul Banerjeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03878406459334361611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000456447770564113.post-64566089349643621162016-11-25T20:08:59.871+05:302016-11-25T20:08:59.871+05:30Your analysis is very much flawed, lacking of the ...Your analysis is very much flawed, lacking of the facts related to the Mauryan history and evolution of Indian civilization. In fact, the the opinion put forward by you regarding origin, style and modelling of Didarganj Image is just contrary to the facts of history. Feminism doesn't mean baselessly accusing men of female exploitation.<br />Harsh patriarchal system of recent past is the 'bruise' left on the face of Indian civilization by Muslim dominance over the centuries. The worship of female figures in Indian culture and the semi-matriarchal system in Mahabharata era, are the proof that Indian civilization was based on the man-woman equality. Depiction of semi-nude women as well as of semi-nude men as in Didarganj Yakshi and Lohanipur Yaksha respectively (both preserved at Patna Museum) are meant not for nudity but for quite deeper artistic sense. Therefore please add some more facts to your beautiful account of Chauri-Bearer. You may refer to: Karl Khandalavala: ‘Didarganj Chauri-Bearer - Another View Point’ , Lalit Kala, Ed. Karl Khandalavala , No.23, New Delhi : Lalit KalaAkademi , pp. 12-14.<br />Vasudev Sharan Agrawal : Bhartiya Kala (Hindi) , Ed. Prithvi Kumar Agrawal, Varanasi : Prithvi Prakashan, 1987 (reprint) , pp. 122-130.<br />Ram Prasad Chanda: The Beginings ofArt in Eastern India With Special Reference to Sculptures in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India, No. 30, New Delhi : Indological Book Corporation, 1978 — reprint.<br />Jitendra Nath Banerjea: The Development of Hindu Iconography , Calcutta: University of Calcutta, 1956, pp. 97-105.<br />Nihar Ranjan Ray: Maurya and Poat Mourayan Art, New Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research. 1975, pp. 40-41.<br />Prashant Kumar Jayaswal : ‘Yakshi aur Striratna’ (Hindi) , Bharat Vani — The Spirit oflndia, Smt. Indira GandhiAbhinandan Granth , 4 Vols. , Ed. B.N. Pandey and others , Bombay et al : Asia Publishing House, 1975, Vol. III , pp.251 -245.Arvind Kumar, Foundation for Art, Culture, Ethics & Sciencehttp://www.faces.org.innoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000456447770564113.post-68798309727079670312009-07-14T13:57:32.016+05:302009-07-14T13:57:32.016+05:30the authorities of the patna museum do not allow v...the authorities of the patna museum do not allow visitors to photograph the yakshi and so I have uploaded a stock photo of low resolution available on the net. The Yakshi has a mysterious smile just around her lips like that of Mona Lisa and it is visible to anyone who has even a little bit of a romantic.<br />this kind of art is the product of a civilisational level with a material base that had been accumulated by the decimation of tribals. even though not much is definitively known about ancient Indian history it has been more or less ascertained that tribals were pushed back from the indo-gangetic plain into the hilly forests.<br />the feminist historian gerda lerner has shown that the civilisational progress of human beings was predicated on the domination of women by men. This is reflected in ancient indian art also in which the depiction of semi nude and nude women is rampant. if women are being portrayed as objects of sexual desire by the artists then it is definitely an expression of the patriarchal mindset of the men of the society.Rahul Banerjeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03878406459334361611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000456447770564113.post-12423137862380687372009-07-13T17:49:26.081+05:302009-07-13T17:49:26.081+05:30Didar ei Yakshi is well written, one accumulates f...Didar ei Yakshi is well written, one accumulates for a plan or due to an insecurity and sure enough each hoarding needs some security measure to save the collection for control of the person who made the effort to set the wealth aside..but what is the connection between decimation of tribals and subordination of women and this Yakshi. Your photo could not capture her smile, perhaps she smiled just for you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com