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Home Actress Lisa Ray Instagram Photos and Posts – April 2020 Lisa Ray Instagram - Repost from @soleilnathwani using @RepostRegramApp - @jr Finding space in confinement #Repost @jr

Lisa Ray Instagram – Repost from @soleilnathwani using @RepostRegramApp – @jr Finding space in confinement #Repost @jr

Lisa Ray Instagram - Repost from @soleilnathwani using @RepostRegramApp - @jr Finding space in confinement #Repost @jr

Lisa Ray Instagram – Repost from @soleilnathwani using @RepostRegramApp – @jr Finding space in confinement
#Repost @jr | Posted on 27/Apr/2020 10:33:06

Lisa Ray Instagram – “The bonti is a kitchen instrument used in Indian households to peel, chop, shred, slice and dice vegetables and fruits, especially in the states of Bengal, Assam, Orissa. A woman at the bonti chattering away in the kitchen happens to be a part of Indian – especially Bengali – iconography. My mother owns six bontis in different sizes to serve different purposes. But this happens to be the largest and wholly metal. However, its size or constitution is not the reason why it is so special. This bonti belonged to Khoma Devi, my mother’s paternal grandmother who died in 1968. She had handed it over to my mother’s mother, Bani Bhattacharya who in turn handed it over to my mother, Krishna Mukherjee. It’s a Matrilineal heirloom in the family existing through four generations now. The bonti blade is generally made of iron, and tends to rust if not immediately washed and dried after use. Repeated use blunts the blade, so itinerant experts cycle through and across cities with special gear for sharpening bontis and knives. The main curved blade, used to dice, slice, etc, has a crowned tip called “Kuruni”, used specifically to desiccate coconuts. This blade is also ornamentally shaped into the likeness of a peacock with its beak bowed down. The bonti was popular when most Bengalis lived in extended, multi-generational families and women had to make large meals every day. Usually the grandmother or widowed aunt was responsible for cutting and arranging the vegetables, while the younger women took on the more harrowing task of cooking over the hot stove. This ritual of cutting vegetables, called “kutno kota” in Bengali, was, and is still in some households, almost as important as the daily rituals carried out for the household gods.” . . . This is merely an excerpt from the absolutely fascinating piece written by Kasturi Mukherjee on the Bengali bonti and the ancestral, domestic and symbolic connotations it bears. I urge you all to read the full piece on the Museum website, for it goes deeper still into the linguistic, literary and nostalgic themes of this traditional household item. Head over to @museumofmaterialmemory for more. Via @aanch_m @museumofdesignexcellence
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