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Like 2024, this year too, as part of the AMI Art Festival, KCC, Indian Museum Kolkata, and Paschimbanga Sangrahalaya Samiti collaboratively organised a week-long exhibition, where PCMMM&A was invited to participate.
PCMMM&A presented a curated display of statistical reportsβdocuments that are outcomes of meticulous fieldwork and visionary planning. These works reveal how data evolves into a profound dialogue, transforming the act of counting lives into the narrative of a nation in transition. Treated as both timeless artefacts and living witnesses, each report stands as an Object of Knowledge, weaving intricate connections between data, society, and history. The exhibits highlighted early surveys, reports, and studies conducted under the leadership of Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, capturing the pulse of Bengal and India. Rooted in human welfare and development, these carefully compiled works range from rural surveys documenting famineβs scars and agrarian innovations to urban analyses mapping metropolitan growth. Together, they represent a tireless quest to quantify compassion. In this confluence of memory and metric, Bengalβs story breathes anew. The past reminds us that numbers, when placed in context, bring history to lifeβurging us to listen, reflect, and reimagine the figures that shaped our nation.
We extend our heartfelt thanks to the organisers for this wonderful opportunity.
