Carving history

“It was my own and my father’s interest that led me to study ancient history. As a Bengali, it was like a custom to visit Puri quite often. In Standard XI, when I visited Jagannatha Temple, I saw something very heart-wrenching: the rear side of the temple wall, which had erotic sculptures, was plastered away because the local Brahmanical authorities deemed them as “obscene.” I knew then that I had to do something to change such a perception that concerned our…