Telegraph 2025

Curated by Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya, the exhibition “The Infamy, the Killer Infamy!” brings to public attention the haunting yet underrecognized famine-era works of Gobardhan Ash. Held at the Surrendra Paul Art Gallery, the show captures the raw anguish of the 1943 Bengal Famine through Ash’s deeply emotive watercolors. Jyotirmoy’s curatorial vision underscores not only the aesthetic intensity of these works but also their historical urgency - reviving a chapter often omitted from mainstream narratives. By centering Ash’s art, Jyotirmoy crafts a space for collective remembrance, urging viewers to confront the past and reflect on the socio-political failures that enabled such suffering.