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8th Day

Goddess Durga and an artist called Rintu Das

During the pandemic, when a question mark hung over whether or not Durga Puja would be celebrated at all, one man was at the receiving end of at least a hundred distressed phone calls. His name is Rintu Das, the artist who subsequently catapulted to fame with his stunning depiction of Goddess Durga as a migrant labourer, walking back to her home in heaven with her children, Ganesh, Kartik, Lakshmi and Saraswati in tow...and in tatters. 

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It all came back to her—a flood of memories. Panic calls from her parents, paediatricians who told them her child was emotionally traumatised by the separation from her mother…Who told this young man all that? 

For better or for worse

At first it was about a persistent sore throat. Sinus problems, the local doctor said, though Sabita felt that there was more to it than met the eye. Biren Guha almost lost his voice. Sabita’s suspicions turned true. Her husband Biren was diagnosed as suffering from cancer in the throat. At Stage 4.