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The study and documentation of Araiya Cenai, the Divya Prabandham hymns sung by priestly dancers in Vaishnavite temples in South India
Contemporary arts in Bengal: modernity and status
This grant was helpful in preparing a convincing research proposal for the doctoral programme at the Faculty of Fine Arts, the M S University of Baroda. Subsequently I was engaged in documentation works towards the study. The research experience also gave me the confidence to handle the ambitions and take part in a major art exhibition - Art of Bengal, Past and Present - a joint venture with the Centre of International Modern Art, Kolkata.
Terracottas in the history of Indian sculpture: technique and evolution.
The grant allowed me to document terracotta sculptures in a number of museums and private collections, and to study the intervention of technique in the representation and production of sculptures and other terracotta artefacts in ancient India.