Joyeeta Bose

Kolkata-based artist, Joyeeta Bose's vivid combination of artistic shapes and vibrant colours enlivens the pages of our calendar depicting people and places from her daily life with a focus on women and the close nurturing of relationships.

Her distinctive watercolour compositions are distinguished by unique aesthetics and freeform with a universal appeal all while being quintessentially Bengali.

May these spirited illustrations inspire you to rediscover the joy of relationships for it is in bonding and shared experiences that we discover more about ourselves and gain different perspectives.

As the New Year dawns may you rekindle forgotten stories, forge new relationships, strengthen bonds and cultivate happy connections along the way.

The Silent Bond

Remembering and valuing the little angels who come in our life and change us completely as a person. They bring out the best in us and that is a beautiful feeling.

Pets have a special place in our hearts as our faithful companions. They bring us joy and love, and often giving us a sense of purpose. They are loyal, forgiving and unconditionally accepting. We feel secure and comforted when we are around them as they understand us in ways that people may not. The bond we have with our pets is a special one helping us to cope in difficult times.

Maa Meyer Khela

Remembering and valuing the little angels who come in our life and change us completely as a person. They bring out the best in us and that is a beautiful feeling.

Pets have a special place in our hearts as our faithful companions. They bring us joy and love, and often giving us a sense of purpose. They are loyal, forgiving and unconditionally accepting. We feel secure and comforted when we are around them as they understand us in ways that people may not. The bond we have with our pets is a special one helping us to cope in difficult times.

Fly Maa Fly

We expect mothers to be selfless, strong, nurturing, etc.; to relentlessly essay round the clock, a societal preconceived notion of what a mother needs to be, that so often demands superhuman capabilities. Let's remind all mothers that they are at first, human.

Let mothers embrace their wings and fly high, fall in love, make mistakes, dream, work for themselves, smile, laugh, be a mess and be the spirit they were - before being made to identify themselves as just a mother. Let's free mothers from moral boundaries and remind them about the wings they have, yet forgotten whilst being a mother. Let's respect them for what they are and not just because they gave birth to us. Let's celebrate them selflessly.

Bhai Bon

As children, brothers and sisters often share a strong bond, playing together and having fun. They can quarrel like enemies but protect each other like feisty soldiers safeguarding their country! As they grow older, they lean on each other for support and companionship.

Siblings often have a very unique understanding of each other that comes from a shared past. The bond between siblings endures a lifetime, and even distance is not enough to break the strong connection between them.

Beautiful Silence

Sometimes there are relationships that cannot be labeled. Friends, lovers or whatever else one may choose to call it; a relationship where people can peacefully enjoy and relax even in silence.

Moments When they aren’t speaking or communicating but they are at peace with each other. In their own space, understanding the beauty of silence. The kind of silence that is full of peace, never uncomfortable and allows each other’s space is just magical in relationships.

Hold on to it. Cherish it.

Coexistence

There is so much in each of us -so many feelings, aspirations, desires, fears, anxieties and with many ways to cope. There are many hidden aspects of our own selves that we slowly lose touch with what we could actually be.

We become the reflection of everything that has happened to us -letting it mould us to the need of the moment. We coexist as multiple versions of our own selves in our minds - fighting to be the dominant character.

Then there are days when we are just tired, wanting to fall asleep beside each other. When our heart and brain willingly coexists in harmony!

Gup Chup

Relationships come in different packages, sometimes defying neatly assigned boxes and labels such as - Friends, sisters, companions, etc.

Do we really need to put labels on relationships for our own convenience? What if we could let people be and let relationships bloom.

That phase of a relationship is very interesting when one just doesn't know what it will evolve into – despite the beginnings, the uncertainty and the obliviousness of where that journey may lead. The beginning of someone and something unexpected.

A Summer Afternoon

Grandmothers are often seen as wise and serious adults because society wants people to act their age. But around the grandchildren, one gets to see their inner child, the young girl at their core. A chance to be childlike without caring for the world around.

The stories of their childhood retold with much enthusiasm, the spark in their eyes are a child’s precious memories.

Some also retain their joy of living even with age despite their body failing to keep up with their childlike mind.

Fatherhood

The beauty of relationships does not come just from giving birth. It goes beyond - like that of a father and child.

It comes with the warmth, the bliss that a person brings to your life; the sense of belonging, the feeling of being at home, the feeling of knowing and trust. Distance, existence, happiness, sorrow, nothing can take that feeling away.

A father makes their children’s life beautiful with their unwavering smile and steadfast support, nurturing them to bloom and shine forth. Strong men raise and empower their children to have their own voice.

The New Flower

It’s magical how the paths of two different people come together to create a new life. Their journeys are fraught with struggles and overcome to bring a life into the world. It is a passage that is tough yet interesting, full of joy, hope and contentment.

A journey that leaves their mark on the planet with a part of themselves that stays here forever. A new flower, added to their beautiful paradise, urged on with the energy their eyes hold for their journey ahead.

The New Born

The miracle of giving birth is nothing short of an incredible experience bringing a profound sense of awe and wonder. It is the most beautiful phenomenon of nature elucidating our power and ability to create a life on earth.

It is powerful yet a humbling moment when a life enters the world. As a baby takes its first breath, it is a reminder that life is precious and is nothing short of a miracle.

Experiencing the joy of bringing a new life into the world is an incomparable feeling.

Kiss Of Joy

Kisses are one of the simplest forms of showing love and often a spontaneous act of expressing one's feelings.

A rib crushing, heartwarming form of expression to share achievement, happiness, success etc., bringing out the intensity of the joy being experienced in the moment - when you tell your loved one that it finally happened - an opportunity you have been waiting for, a raise, crossing a milestone. It could be anything!

A joy so genuine when you share it with people who are just as equally excited about your happiness.