tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29635803.post8893416362651643117..comments2024-01-08T23:23:41.851-08:00Comments on Julia's Blog: Amrita Shergil - The Holme and The Studio, ShimlaJulia Duttahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08846895945401962741noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29635803.post-39075819481026787342021-03-30T04:13:13.233-07:002021-03-30T04:13:13.233-07:00Vishal! Wow! Tell me more. How fortunate you are! ...Vishal! Wow! Tell me more. How fortunate you are! Julia Duttahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08846895945401962741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29635803.post-63164385152195937992020-12-29T18:24:41.602-08:002020-12-29T18:24:41.602-08:00We had the pleasure to live as tenant in this beau...We had the pleasure to live as tenant in this beautiful house for couple of (memorable) years.vishalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03271826397978708118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29635803.post-88803505108650522212013-04-18T16:27:41.738-07:002013-04-18T16:27:41.738-07:00Only women? I guess as human - every body is free ...Only women? I guess as human - every body is free to do anything they please, and free to bear the consequences. for example - certain malaise about which there was much hullabaloo above.<br />Durgasankar Mandalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055838952155000533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29635803.post-70708102820815019582013-04-18T16:18:05.690-07:002013-04-18T16:18:05.690-07:00We often compartmentalise a little too much - I am...We often compartmentalise a little too much - I am not sure if that's a right thing when one thing does not and cannot exist without the other. An artist/scientist/joker/actor/ servant/clerk is not only about his/her chosen area of professsion. let's focus on the whole. Amrita sher Gill was beyond any reasonable doubt was a formiddable artist. But that is not the full story. full story is what she was as a whole, with her perhaps cunning, jealousy, recklessness, kindness, violence, laziness, joyfulness,kindness, softness and sensuousness. Claus fuchs was a brilliant scientist, but he was also a thief; he was also an idealist, but he was also ruthless with a criminal mind.Durgasankar Mandalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055838952155000533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29635803.post-81878313351483101512013-04-18T16:10:22.736-07:002013-04-18T16:10:22.736-07:00Oh yeah! only men do? I thought I heard otherwise ...Oh yeah! only men do? I thought I heard otherwise :). Now banters apart - let me quote Lorenzo the Medici - "art is a sensual thing". But the volcanic nature of sensuousness makes interesting stories: Khuswant was both prodigal and prodigious in relating them - which was my only pointDurgasankar Mandalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055838952155000533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29635803.post-8379515682148176462013-04-18T16:04:31.595-07:002013-04-18T16:04:31.595-07:00:). "Insurrable" interesting word! never...:). "Insurrable" interesting word! never heard it. How's a bong like? :).Durgasankar Mandalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055838952155000533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29635803.post-24132869662335098352012-12-06T02:08:01.754-08:002012-12-06T02:08:01.754-08:00Durga,
You are insurrable in this matter. Stop bei...Durga,<br />You are insurrable in this matter. Stop being so Bong!Julia Duttahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08846895945401962741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29635803.post-40760917929483741022012-12-06T02:06:52.247-08:002012-12-06T02:06:52.247-08:00Busybee,
Yes, I am with you. Why is Durga so hung ...Busybee,<br />Yes, I am with you. Why is Durga so hung up on her sex life and the affects thereafter!<br />Women are free to sleep with anyone, how does it matter? And they must give their "creative juices" to dance a-merry and not let it lie stale in the undies of what society calls a husband. Let the juices flow!<br />JuliaJulia Duttahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08846895945401962741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29635803.post-81842381018131539622012-12-06T02:02:47.181-08:002012-12-06T02:02:47.181-08:00Thanks, Durga, but I reserve my opinion. I am sorr...Thanks, Durga, but I reserve my opinion. I am sorry that we are focussed on venereal disease, in a post about her art. Who cares about that! We are sorry she had to leave so early, that is all.Julia Duttahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08846895945401962741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29635803.post-77268678177614022422012-12-06T02:00:14.482-08:002012-12-06T02:00:14.482-08:00Alas! Amrita, I have responded very late. However,...Alas! Amrita, I have responded very late. However, here it is: Yes, the property belongs as I said to different groups and of course the maintenance is perfect. I am not sure about it Amrita - I don't know if people are allowed inside. I suppose it is possible with permission from whomever.<br />Thanks for reading. I enjoyed Shimla very much :)<br /> Julia Duttahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08846895945401962741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29635803.post-79887115267379832582012-12-06T01:56:44.330-08:002012-12-06T01:56:44.330-08:00Durga, OMG! I never realised you had commented her...Durga, OMG! I never realised you had commented here. Thanks for your views and noted the points too. <br /><br />Only men care so much about who a woman sleeps with, and those women who do the same, are merely a mediocre lot, of which there may be many, who are like men but in a woman's body. *sigh* There is no place for the body, in an artist's mind; it is merely a confluence of energies. But...<br /><br />I know you will differ with me!<br /><br />Regards,<br />JuliaJulia Duttahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08846895945401962741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29635803.post-17107533565703016082010-07-06T02:51:18.291-07:002010-07-06T02:51:18.291-07:00This is in response to Busybee: Neither. This mere...This is in response to Busybee: Neither. This merely is a repetition of what Khushwant Singh wrote. His original writing was published long time ago - and he was not so far dragged to the court on his comment. :) Extract from his writing can be accessed from the above link I gave. Happy reading!Durgasankar Mandalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055838952155000533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29635803.post-23775572691719082222010-07-04T08:30:10.855-07:002010-07-04T08:30:10.855-07:00Mr. Mandal, How do you know that Madame Amrita She...Mr. Mandal, How do you know that Madame Amrita Shergil was contaminated by a venereal disease?<br />Hear say or facts?busybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04927438517812538291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29635803.post-53029437259257817772010-07-01T05:27:52.021-07:002010-07-01T05:27:52.021-07:00Here's the piece from Khushwant Singh Amrita ...Here's the piece from Khushwant Singh <a href="http://brandbombay.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!C2456EC670FCDC00!422.entry" rel="nofollow"> Amrita Sher Gil </a> on how Amrita died when her cousin-husband Victor peromed a bothed up surgery to abort her pregnancy by Yusuf Ali Khan, son of the Nawab of Akbarpur. He made her pregnant and infected her with venereal disease as well.Durgasankar Mandalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055838952155000533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29635803.post-83915578694401206712010-06-25T19:29:40.836-07:002010-06-25T19:29:40.836-07:00I admire Amrita Shergill 's brilliant work ...I admire Amrita Shergill 's brilliant work Julia. Quite a woman.<br /><br />Enjoying your tours of the Shimla heritage.<br /><br />They hav e preserved the house very well. Are people allowed inside?<br /><br />A Shergill died very young - a pity.Amritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04887884977787790642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29635803.post-69161958488573922262010-06-23T06:45:37.912-07:002010-06-23T06:45:37.912-07:00I was captivated by Sher Gil's work when I was...I was captivated by Sher Gil's work when I was a small kid in 1983 at a book fair in Purulia. I purchased a booklet that contained some prints for Rs.8.<br /><br />I still have that booklet. :).<br /><br />Later after I came to know of the Impressionists, I found a striking similarity of her style to the crazy painter Paul Gauguin. Still later, I came to know her wild sex life style. Why, she would do it with almost anybody or anything as long as it resembled a man :). quite a remarkable woman!Durgasankar Mandalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055838952155000533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29635803.post-45888492889265632010-06-10T23:07:42.484-07:002010-06-10T23:07:42.484-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Julia Duttahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08846895945401962741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29635803.post-4310598569303095582010-06-10T04:52:43.747-07:002010-06-10T04:52:43.747-07:00Beautiful post Julia. Thoroughly enjoyed it in the...Beautiful post Julia. Thoroughly enjoyed it in the middle of some hectic work.Mridulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07899575209261241247noreply@blogger.com