Kolkata: The terrace at home, ignored for years, is being reclaimed as an integral part of the house during a pandemic, which forces people in the room.
The re-discovery of the terrace has caused people to invest time, energy and money to turn on space to work, pursue hobbies …
or just relax.
Nilajan Chowdhury, a visual artist who works in Delhi but lives in his sister’s house in Bhowanipore since last year’s lock, has brought a faded wall to life with beautiful bird paintings, all of which are seen in Junun trees side by side or in Rabindra Sarobar.
“The idea of painting a roof with birds came to me when I made a sketch of the crow who lived in a big jamun tree next to our house.
It has a broken claw and originally very hostile to my presence on the roof.
But, for months, it began to tolerate me; I think sometimes the model for me, “Chowdhury tells.
At the nearest Lake Terrace, Rajarshi and Sambrita Basu have provided a makeover to the terrace of their home.
After the couple came down from Bengaluru with their twins, Turjo and Nyja, to be with her mother and sister during a pandemic, they found that they had to make a play area for hyperactive children.
“We put artificial grass on the terrace, the lights installed, and a inflatable pool.
They now have a pleasant room of their own, which serves as a safe party zone at night when friends come,” explained Rajarshi.
In all cities, in Bhim Ghosh Lane in North Kolkata near Hedua Square, the school teacher of the Biresh Majumder has turned his terrace into an open classroom, where he trains children in a free subject.
He ensures that there is a social distance that is maintained among children, including his son, students VII class.
“Schools have been greatly affected during the pandemic.
I want children to continue with traditional learning forms, and so choose terraces.
Even though coaching has become irregular in the rain, I tried to arrange the class at least once a week,” he told Ti.
Across the river near Nabanna in Howrah’s Sibpur, retired Utpal ENGINEER DAS has turned its extensive terrace into a mini farm, where he pursues his latest hobby: growing organic vegetables.
A travel writer and diligent documentary, DAS came with the idea in June last year, when his movements were limited.
“Because I am a vegetarian, I used to shop for vegetables on the local market.
But when timings are limited during locking and it becomes crowded, I feel uncomfortable.
Now I plant leafy vegetables, brinjal, tomatoes, pointed pumpkins, ladiesfinger, cauliflower, cabbage, Bitter pumpkin and serrated pumpkin at 1,000 sqft terrace, “he said.
Big Bhattacharyya, a second year media science student and passionate photographer, has turned the roof into a studio and clicks more than 2,000 photos with his camera from a three-story terrace in Parnalase.
He had bought a camera in 2017 to pursue street photography, but after the pandemic changed the way people live their homes outside their homes, he decided to explore the terrace photography.
At first, it was Cloudscape and nature.
Among his valuable shots were rainbows and lightning, taken last month.
“I used to spend time on the terrace with my father.
It is our favorite hangout zone.
But after he died in 2014, when I was 14 years old, I stopped going there.
I returned to the study and really lost my touch with the terrace until I was Rediscovered during locking.
Now my favorite ghost, “said Mail.
Even the apartment residents have realized the importance of the balcony.
In the upcoming project, the architect will return to the drawing board to carve a larger balcony in the flat.
“What a place to hang clothes is now an integral part of the living room,” said Chairman of Bengal Nandu Belani Credai.
Professor Sociology University of Jadavpur Ruby Sain said the terrace had actually helped people rediscover nature, social relations and freedom.
“This pandemic brings a family member together.
Capation in four walls also makes people crave the freedom offered by the terrace,” he explained.
Housebound Kolkatan Reclaim Rooftop Freedom
