Tag Archives: MV Dhurandhar

Monsoon

Posted on 12/06/2017 by Anu M

  In 1940 Nehru wrote: I have been to Bombay so many times, but I have never seen the coming of the monsoon there. I had been told and I had read that this coming of the first rains was … Continue reading →

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Orange is the New Black – 2

Posted on 17/02/2014 by Anu M

Untitled, MV Dhurandhar, 1917

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Women of India

Posted on 07/02/2014 by Anu M

–Women of India – MV Dhurandhar via Santanus. X X

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Regional Dress in the 1920s

Posted on 13/03/2013 by Anu M

From MV Dhurandhar’s set of watercolours from the 1920s. It pretty much covers the diverse costumes of communities at the time and you can see a number of regional variations at play. This set largely has attire worn in Bombay and Gujarat … Continue reading →

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