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Durga Puja beyond Mumbai: Giant pandals, star singers and a slice of Bengal across MMR

Bengali communities across Mumbai and its outskirts are celebrating Durga Puja with various cultural events and activities. The celebrations feature traditional performances and food offerings at multiple pandals in the region. Notable artists and performers are scheduled to entertain the attendees throughout the festivities. Various associations have crafted unique themes for their celebrations, showcasing Bengali heritage. Events include fashion shows, music performances, and communal meals that promote inclusivity.

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Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji review – sublime wonders from the Great Wave to that heroic, eternal peak

Dulwich Picture Gallery, London With its helpless rowers, naked river-crossers and snowbound tea-drinkers, this magnificent series is a warning to put your faith in the essential and enduring The giant wave’s foaming white summit spreads high over the heads of the helpless souls huddled in their long thin boats, crackling into what look like many sharp claws. It is a monster, hungry to swallow human flesh. But beyond it, over the wild water, soothing the terror of those in peril on the sea, is Mount Fuji – a solid cone of hope and solace. The mountain, not the wave, is the hero of this masterpiece, as it is the hero of all the prints in Dulwich Picture Gallery’s stunning exhibition – the first in Britain – of the complete Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji. When you look closely here at three different, superb impressions of Katsushika Hokusai’s Under the Wave off Kanagawa – widely known today as the Great Wave – your mental picture of this icon is shattered by the violent onrush of water. In reproductions the wave just seems beautiful, an elegant curl of blue and white. But here, to paraphrase Tennyson, it is nature, blue in tooth and claw. The wretched people are the emotional heart of the picture, their imminent risk of drowning its whole point. Continue reading...

Beautiful market town hailed as England’s 'loveliest' with some of the UK’s best food

The spot is famed for its cobbled streets, Norman castle and stunning architecture