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Art in Anguish against WB govt.
action in Singur & Nandigram
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Why this Art ?
After the Elections in May 2006, the Suddenly-Capitalist-turned-Communist (CPIM) led Govt. of West Bengal under chief
minister Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, started acquiring prime agricultural land for multinationals like Tata (the same Tata of
the famous CPIM slogan "Tata Birla nipat jao" or "Down with Tata Birla" in Bengali !), Salem (who had helped Gen. Suharto
in the process of termination of communists in Indonesia), DOW Chemicals (Notorious maker and supplier of Agent
Orange and Napalm used in Vietnam war) etc.
This led to a "Save the Agricultural Land movement" or "Krishi Jomi Bachao Andolan" starting from Singur. But the WB govt
forcibly acquired the land (about 1000 acres) for their new friend Tata, in Singur beating up villagers mercilessly resulting in
1 death(Rajkumar Bhul) and later rape and burning of Tapasi Malik, a young activist. (being investigated by CBI).
That was not enough. They issued a notice for acquiring a much larger chunk of land (about 40000 acres) for setting up a
Chemical Hub by DOW Chemicals. The villagers of Nandigram formed "Anti Land Eviction Committee" or "Jomi Uchchhed
Protirodh Committee" and stopped all entry of govt personnel entering Nandigram by cutting off all entry roads to the area.
The govt, along with hired goons and party cadres of the main ruling party, dressed up as police, in a ploy to enter the
village carried out a well planned Genocide killing 14 as per govt. figure and Hundreds by other sources. The free media
was not allowed to enter the area, like in Singur, which caused a lot of embarrassment for the govt.
This Genocide caused an uproar by the intellectuals in Kolkata and rest of the country. Poets protested through their poetry,
which can be read on our pages of Singur Nandigram Poetry. Artists protested through their Art. Kolkata and other cities and
towns of West Bengal witnessed protest marches on its streets such as never before.
We have collected some of those Art and have placed them here for posterity.
Art in Anguish
(Just click on any picture to see enlarged view)
শুভ প্রসন্ন  Shuva Prasanna
শুভেন্দু দাশগুপ্ত  Subhendu Dasgupta
তমালকৃষ্ণ  Tamalkrishna
সিঙ্গুরে অজ্ঞাত শিল্পীর প্রদর্শিত ছবি
Art from Singur 20/4/07 by Unknown artists
এই পোস্টারটি পরদিনই সরিয়ে দেওয়া হয়
This poster was removed promtly by next day
কলকাতার জনপথে ছবিতে বিক্ষোভ
Protest through Art on the streets of Kolkata
কলকাতার শিল্পীদের ছবিতে প্রতিবাদ
Protest through Art by other Artists of Kolkata
হিরণ মিত্র
Hiron Mitra
জয়া গাঙ্গুলী
Jaya Ganguly
অভিজিত গুপ্ত
Abhijit Gupta
সমীর আইচ
Samir Aich
পঙ্কজ পানোয়ার
Pankaj Panwar
অলীক দাশ
Alik das
শুভব্রত নন্দী
Shubhobtoto Nandi
অমিতাভ ধর
Amitava Dhar
শিপ্রা ভট্টাচার্য
Shipra Bhattacharya
তপতী সরকার
Tapati Sarkar
ঋষি বড়ুয়া
Rishi Barua
সমীর ভট্টাচার্য
Samir Bhattacharya
অভিজিত মিত্র
Abhijit Mitra
সুনীল দে
Suneel Dey
প্রদোষ পাল
Pradosh Paul
অমিত চক্রবর্তী
Amit Chakraborty
মহুয়া মিত্র
Mohua Mitra
চয়ন রায়
Chayan Ray
তরুণ দে
Tarun Dey
দেবাশিষ চক্রবর্তী
Debashish Chakraborty
নিতাই দাস
Nitai Das
চন্দনা হোর
Chandana Hore

অসীম গোস্বামী
Ashim Goswami
সুব্রত গঙ্গোপাধ্যায়
নামহীন এই ছবিটি আমরা দেখি নন্দীগ্রাম গণহত্যার অনেক
দিন পর ১৪১৪র আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা শারদীয়া সংখ্যার
প্রচ্ছদে
Subrata Gangopadhyay
This nameless painting of a peasant woman with child in
one hand and a sickle in the other and a determined look
in her eyes unmistakably spoke of Nandigram. Ironically it
was published on the cover of Anandabazar Patrika
Sharadiya Magazine 2007.