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Wellcome debut in India
Updated On: 10 January, 2016 06:55 AM IST | | Benita Fernando
Objects from Indian medicinal traditions belonging to the collection of a UK charity’s founder, return 'home' in Tabiyat
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Alcohol addiction
The blue-on-white 'Daru Sodva' (Quit Alcohol) poster found ubiquitously plastered across the city has more artistic precursors, as it turns out. A 19th century lithograph from Mumbai illustrates the point well with a drunk man beating his wife and children, and a title in Marathi that states, 'The Terrible State of a Drunkard's Home'. This poster is just one of 43 exhibits that have travelled from London to Mumbai to be a part of Tabiyat, an initiative by the Wellcome Collection.
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