Smritikana Pal with busts of Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar at her workshop in Kumartuli. Smritikana Pal, another artisan at Kumartuli, said she, too, was involved in negotiations with four customers. “We started making busts of Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar soon after the bust at Vidyasagar College was vandalised. The price of a 2.5ft-tall fibre bust is around Rs 18,000, while a 5.5ft-tall statue made of fibre is expected to fetch Rs 60,000. Arup Chakraborty, the councillor of ward 110 of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation, will install a bust of Vidyasagar in Garia’s Briji.

Source: The Telegraph June 11, 2019 00:56 UTC