Opinion: What's Common Between The Bayeux Tapestry And Vrindavan Vastra?

Opinion: What's Common Between The Bayeux Tapestry And Vrindavan Vastra? The British Museum has stayed mum on all the treasures from around the world that it retains, claiming a law prevents their repatriation Got Question about the News? Among the many thousands who have already bought tickets to see the famous Bayeux Tapestry — 'brought back" after long-drawn discussions with France — at the British Museum during the next nine months must be Indians, both local and tourists. And at least a few of them will presumably have the same thought as they look at the 950-year-old, 230 ft long cloth depicting the events during the pivotal Norman Conquest of Britain in the 11th century: Pabuji ki Phad. The colourfully painted or embroidered lengths of cloth depicting the adventures of a heroic 14th-century Hindu folk deity who saves cows and womenfolk, form the backdrop to pastoral bards or bhopas singing his paeans across rural Rajasthan. While phads and the bardic narrations are mostly religious and the Bayeux tapestry ostensibly refers to a 'secular" historical occurrence, the intrinsic resemblance is undeniable: both are heroic stories on a length of cloth. Opinion: Why India Under PM Modi Averted A Major Caste Showdown Despite Opponents' Attempts Opinion: A 'Dead Economy' Growing At 7.8% The Accountability Gap: India Builds The AI, But Who Answers For It? Opinion | The Gulf Is Calling: India's Moment To Move From Presence To Strategic Power Interestingly, another Bayeux Tapestry-like cloth will travel to India in 2027 from the British Museum: the 350-year-old Vrindavani Vastra, woven in Assam, contains scenes from Lord Krishna's life on silk strips, as told by the scholar-saint Srimanta Sankardeva. But it is coming only on loan to Assam, not Ghar Wapsi. It will be on show at the State Museum in Guwahati for six months, the maximum time the cloth is displayed every decade because........