Close Brush with Life at Black Pagoda — Solo Exhibition Feature

Archival press review by art critic Ramesh Patnaik published on March 4, 1996, documenting Basanta Kumari Samanta's solo exhibition at the 11th Konark Dance and Music Festival. The feature reviews over 50 symbolic oil and watercolor works on display at Konark Natya Mandap—highlighting her monumental oil canvas 'Jhada' (Cyclone and the Woman), along with 'Matrutva' (Motherhood), 'Jivana Jantrana' (Suffering), and 'Vaidhavya' (Widowhood).