The man who created the famous cartoon strip “Makar” in Poknapham daily newspaper
Biswadeep Gupta
When one sees the creation in paint that depicts an old time of Imphal from the eyes of the painter to the canvas through his hands, you do visualise a past that makes you smile and realise the phases of life. The man who created the famous cartoon strip “Makar” in Poknapham daily newspaper, Gurumayum Akshyakumar Sharma created another stroke through his solo exhibition which brought back the memories of 1950s’ Imphal, held on Sunday at Art Gallery, Department of Art and Culture, Palace Compound, Imphal East.
The solo exhibition portrays the picture of Imphal during the early 50s and late 40s. One can easily imagine how the earthen pots were brought from villages at Nambul river and unloaded near the Thong Nambonbi near Khwairamband Keithel and also how women of those days sold Bora and later Channa at the river bank of Nambul River at Khwairambandh Keithel.
The street vendors of 1968 at Khwairamband Keithel and the scene of the Khwairamband Ima Keithel painted through oil canvas make one imagine how beautiful was Imphal in those days.
One of the oil canvases also showed the first observance of 13 August (Patriots’ Day) at Pheidabung by class X students of Tombisana High School in 1958.Sunday’s Pologround Pavilion was a one-time clean space surrounded by greeneries in 1952. Akshay Kumar’s painting also tells stories of how the first and the last Hiyang Tanaba was held at Nambul River in 1954.
The inaugural function of the Solo Exhibition was attended by Prof. Thoidingjam Tombi Singh, Lalit Kala Akademi as Chief Guest and Prof. Nongmaithem Tombi Singh presided over the function. Laishram Modhuchandra, Retd. Principal of Imphal Art College attended as Guest of honour.
