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June 12, 2000 |
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 True charity Joy
Bhaduri still remembers the first time he dressed a leper's foot -- on a
visit to Mother Teresa's home in Titagarh. Fighting back nausea, he had
bandaged it. Years later, when the 38-year-old musician-turned-painter sat
before his first blank canvas, the Titagarh home was all he could think
of. Last week in Calcutta, Bhaduri put on canvas his nine-year experiences
with the Missionaries of Charity to come up with "Blue Life
Lines" -- an exhibition title borrowed from the colour of the nuns'
sari border. The "Blue" stands for spiritualism, harmony and a
quest for god. In 1990, when he hit a career low, Bhaduri approached
Mother Teresa. "I told her I was good for nothing, she shot back
saying I was good for God," he says. Through his work, Bhaduri takes
on urban ills like war (Kali-kshetra), computers (The Webbed Sight) and
homelessness (Jhooprie). Later this year, he plans to take "Blue Life
Lines" to California to raise funds for charity. That would really be
payback. -Labonita Ghosh |
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