#Mycitymyart: Kolkata comes alive with art

From paying tribute to cinema and literature to using graffiti to raise voices against social issues, Kolkata streets are an art lover’s delight.Colourful murals at Biswa Bangla SaraniThe Biswa Bangla Sarani in New Town (left) has graffiti illustrations featuring caricatures which can be seen as one drives by these roads. The art is inspired by sports, music, movies, nature and everyday life of rural and urban Bengal.The New Town subway (above) also has a fusion of art work featuring murals of Rabindranath Tagore, Goddess Durga, the iconic yellow cab, Dakshineshwar temple, famous Kolkata foods and more Abol Tabol at Nalin Sarkar streetTo mark 100 years of Sukumar Ray’s Abol Tabol, a pujo pandal in North Kolkata created an Abol-Tabol themed pandal for Durga Pujo last year. Besides acknowledging the writer and poet’s contribution to Bengali literature in a short span of his life, the idea behind creating this theme was also to keep this generation of kids stay in touch with the classic compilation of poems and rhymes. The most striking part of the street art on Nalin Sarkar Street is the black-and-white accents that bring the book to life on the walls. With strong cartoon elements, walking down this...