নৌকোঘর "Noukoghar" abode of Bengal Boat

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Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Bengal Riverine Landscape: Amta, Howrah

Moored near own house

Traditional wharf (ghat). Note steps made of palm trunk

Salti, traditional wooden boat

Canal

Fish hunting

Fish hunting posture

Punting

Positing of helmsman

Traditional dugout (Taler Donga)

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Monday, December 17, 2018

Reporting on Boat Museum in THE HINDU December 16, 2018

https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/this-kolkata-boat-museum-is-the-only-one-of-its-kind-in-the-country/article25752259.ece&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIwNjIxMzA0NDE1NTkyNDEyMTMyHDE1OTRlYzI1NzY2NjE3YjA6Y28uaW46ZW46SU4&usg=AFQjCNEpPgj77lI-RQ-8oL1Q8nGYAmORsw

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Wednesday, December 5, 2018

A reporting on BOAT MUSEUM and my research published in EI SAMAY page number 2, December 3, 2018

For e-paper go through:
http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/Details.aspx?id=44813&boxid=35699&fbclid=IwAR2v4louwesDq8Ym5ENOnlrmOMe0TrVIJhqEYxS0RRlixZp7U2_aGl7K77Q

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About Me

noukoghar: After completion of Master’s degree in anthropology from Calcutta University started research work on Bengal BOAT since 1997. Man-Boat Relationship became the focus of research which was looked from an anthropological perspective through intensive field-based investigation. Did research at Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde, Denmark as Guest Research Scholar and also at Centre for Maritime Archaeology, Southampton University, UK. Presently working as Curator of National Maritime Museum of the National Maritime Heritage Complex at Lothal, Gujarat. Worked with Exeter University, UK as Exeter Associate in a project on Endangered Material Knowledge Programme. Worked with Anthropological Survey of India as Visiting Fellow. Worked as Curator of Maulana Azad Museum, Curatorial Assistant of Indian Museum, Kolkata, Project Coordinator of Cultural Research Institute and Associate Coordinator of South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People, New Delhi. Actively took part in the process of development of Heritage Boats of Bengal Gallery in Kolkata, Water Transport Gallery of IIT-Kharagpur and Odisha State Maritime Museum, Cuttack.

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