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Statues In India

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot

Rajasthan CM Gehlot Hails Rahul Gandhi As A ‘Shiv Bhakt’ After Unveiling World’s ‘Tallest’ Shiva Statue

The statue, nearly 45 km from Udaipur city, has been constructed by Tat Padam Sansthan.

30 October 2022

A statue of Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi march

Statues That Travelled: The India Story  

While Jawaharlal Nehru wanted to deal with colonial statues without triggering diplomatic tension, his opponents thought otherwise

05 February 2022

Statues Of Women In India And The Male Gaze

Can public art in India, depicting admirable women from history and mythology, shed the male gaze?

04 February 2022

World's tallest Shiva statue to be unveiled in Rajasthan toady.

Of Statues And Symbolism: The Race To Conquer The Tallest

Perhaps beyond the political dividends that the sculptures hope to bear, the statue building spree is rooted in an assertion of power and dominance.

29 October 2022

Bigger, Taller, Wider: Size Matters When It Comes To Statues

In a contest of sorts, some recent announcements around statues show how each one is being built to be bigger than the other

04 February 2022

How Statue Wars Became A Prominent Feature Of Indian Political Landscape

An exclusive extract from Kajri Jain’s book, ‘Gods In The Time Of Democracy’

04 February 2022

statues of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Subhash Chandra Bose and Bhagat Singh together

Statues And Ideological Battles On Campus

Statues have long been part of campus politics around the world. In recent times though they have become the centre of ideological battles with ramifications beyond the campus. 

07 February 2022

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Statues And The Construction Of Memory

Far from being about ‘art for art’s sake’, statues are instrument for revival of memory, or construction of new ones.

04 February 2022

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04 February 2022
Can Statues Teach Us About History? Do They Tell The Truth?

Can Statues Teach Us About History? Do They Tell The Truth?

The statues mark a point of time; time removes them; the new statues represent some different ideology; common men and onlookers remain unchanged beyond their...


04 February 2022
The Politics Of Statues And The Various Gazes

The Politics Of Statues And The Various Gazes

Why are some statues built and others defaced? Why does no one ever build the statue of a working class man? Why are female statues shaped for the male gaze?


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