Guest guest Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Goddess Durga to Slay Demon Zidane in Kolkata by Monideepa Banerjie Friday, August 25, 2006 (Kolkata): http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?category=National&slug=Goddess+Durga+to+slay+Demon+Zidane%0D&id=92108 or http://tinyurl.com/hqcum Every Durga puja people wait with bated breath to see who will emerge as Bengal's number one demon. This year, a new candidate is quite literally heading the list and he is Zinedine Zidane. Goddess Durga's head is not in place yet. But the demon's certainly is. It's Zinedine Zidane. Like the rest of the world, the idol makers of Kumartuli loved his football but after that infamous head butt, he fell right off the pedestal. "What Zidane did in the World Cup final by head-butting the Italian footballer was terribly wrong. I didn't like it. It was demonic, like an asur," said Dilip Pal, an Idol maker. The Demon Zidane versus Goddess Durga battle will be fought at a pandal at Baruipur on Kolkata's southern fringe and is sure to draw huge crowds. This is not the first time that the idol makers have demonstrated that they have an uncanny finger on the pulse. "This time it is Zidane. In the past, we have made Osama Bin Laden and President Musharraf. We do it according to public demand, we get paid for it," said Babu Pal, Secretary, Kumartuli Artists' Samiti. While commercial and public demand may have turned Zidane into an asur, the idol makers have offered the French footballer some hope of salvation. Next to the head-butter will be another Zidane idol with head bowed and hands folded. If Goddess Durga is as keen on football as those who worship her, then she is sure to forgive and forget. Related News: Idol depicting Chappell as Mahisasura dismantled http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1050127 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) The city police stepped in to ensure that no artisan shapes 'Mahisasura', the demon killed by Goddess Durga, to resemble India's cricket coach Greg Chappell in the idols to be displayed during the September end puja. Kolkata police, led by city commissioner Prasun Mukherjee asked artisan Dilip Pal, a Kumartuli artisan to dismantle the idol of the demon fashioned after Chappell. The idol was ordered by Deshabandhu Road Sarbojanin Durgotsab. "We have decided to keep a close vigil and ensure that not a single demon resembles Chappell," said Pradip Chatterjee, deputy commissioner of police headquarters. "Our suggestion to all puja organisers is to follow this instruction. Police will intervene if this is violated," he added. However, the artisans at Kumartuli - idol makers' hub in the city - did not like the cultural policing though. "This is curtailing our artistic freedom. And if the authorities do have such holy cows we should be given a full list in advance. Why waste the efforts of an artist and demoralise him," said Babu Pal, secretary of the Kumartuli Mritshilpi Sanskritik Samity. "Can you do this to any famous painter who paints our gods and goddesses with full artistic liberty," asks Dilip. SOURCE: © 2006 Indo-Asian News Service URL: http://news.monstersandcritics.com/india/article_1196419.php/Chappell s_close_shave_with_Indias_10-armed_goddess , "msbauju" <msbauju wrote: > > > Goddess Durga to Slay Demon Zidane in Kolkata > by Monideepa Banerjie > Friday, August 25, 2006 (Kolkata): > > http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp? category=National&slug=Goddess+Durga+to+slay+Demon+Zidane%0D&id=92108 > or http://tinyurl.com/hqcum > > Every Durga puja people wait with bated breath to see who > will emerge as Bengal's number one demon. > > This year, a new candidate is quite literally heading the list > and he is Zinedine Zidane. > > Goddess Durga's head is not in place yet. But the demon's > certainly is. It's Zinedine Zidane. Like the rest of the world, > the idol makers of Kumartuli loved his football but after that > infamous head butt, he fell right off the pedestal. > > "What Zidane did in the World Cup final by head-butting > the Italian footballer was terribly wrong. I didn't like it. It > was demonic, like an asur," said Dilip Pal, an Idol maker. > > The Demon Zidane versus Goddess Durga battle will be > fought at a pandal at Baruipur on Kolkata's southern fringe > and is sure to draw huge crowds. > > This is not the first time that the idol makers have > demonstrated that they have an uncanny finger on the pulse. > > "This time it is Zidane. In the past, we have made Osama > Bin Laden and President Musharraf. We do it according to > public demand, we get paid for it," said Babu Pal, Secretary, > Kumartuli Artists' Samiti. > > While commercial and public demand may have turned > Zidane into an asur, the idol makers have offered the French > footballer some hope of salvation. > > Next to the head-butter will be another Zidane idol with > head bowed and hands folded. If Goddess Durga is as keen > on football as those who worship her, then she is sure to > forgive and forget. > > Related News: > Idol depicting Chappell as Mahisasura dismantled > http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1050127 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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