HOW INDIA WAS BORN AGAIN

AN ONGOING EXHIBITION AT KOLKATA'S INDIAN MUSEUM REMINDS US THAT WE CAN DELIGHT IN OUR INDEPENDENCE

- Shreevasta Nevatia

Though ‘75’ is surely an important milestone, it is sometimes difficult for celebrations to feel original for the 75th time. Being held at Kolkata’s Indian Museum until September 18, DAG’s March to Freedom: Reflections on India’s Independence does something unique—using the 75th anniversary of our Independence as both occasion and cause, it reinterprets the oft-repeated story of our freedom struggle, while also reimagining the cost and meaning of our much-prized ‘Independence’. Curated by Mrinalini Venkateswaran, the exhibition borrows from the DAG collection not just its masterpieces, but also a stunning collection of photographs, prints and posters that it forces you to think of as ‘art’.

Ditching the predictability of chronology, March