Shanu Lahiri

Shanu Lahiri (23 ga watan Janairun 1928 - 1 ga watan Fabrairun 2013) ta kasance mai zane-zane kuma malama ce na fasaha wanda ta kasance daga ɗayan shahararrun iyalai da al'adu na Kolkata kuma yar zamani na ƙarni na farko wanda ta fito bayan 'yancin kai. Ta kasance daya daga cikin fitattun masu zane-zane na jama'a na Kolkata, sau da yawa ana kiranta "Uwargidan Shugaban Fasaha na Jama'a na Birnin", tana gudanar da zane-zane masu yawa a fadin Kolkata don kyautata birnin da kuma ɓoye maganganun siyasa masu tsattsauran ra'ayi. Hotunan ta suna cikin Gidan Tarihi na Salar Jung da National Gallery of Modern Art .

Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi

An haifi Shanu Lahiri a ranar 23 ga watan Janairun 1928 a Calcutta (yanzu Kolkata) a cikin ɗayan shahararrun iyalai masu fasaha na Calcutta - dangin Mazumdar na 'yan uwa bakwai.Mahaifiyarta, Renukamoyee Mazumdar, ko da yake ba ta da karatu,tana yin rubutu da dare. Lahiri yana da 'yan'uwa biyu, sanannen marubuci da marubuci Kamal Kumar Majumdar da mai zane Nirode Mazumdar,ɗaya daga cikin manyan' yan zamani na ƙarni na 20,yanzu an manta da shi sosai kuma memba ne na kafa kungiyar Calcutta.Yayinda take girma a cikin wannan yanayi na ƙwarewar kirkirar abubuwa masu yawa ta sami rinjaye ta ta ƙwarewar abinci ta mahaifiyarta.Ta tuna a cikin tarihinta-

"Ba da nisa ba ne Niru-da tana aiki tana wanke babban zanen da ta gama.Amma ga dada,babba daga cikin 'yan uwanmu, har abada yana rubutawa.Wannan shine yadda yake koyaushe a duk lokacin da nake yarinya... duk abin da ke gudana cikin jijiyata,yana samar da kaina.Ban san abin da yake da nake shaida da kuma shawo kansa ba shakka"

A matsayinta na daliba a Kwalejin Fasaha da Ayyuka ta Gwamnati,Calcutta,ta kasance daga cikin rukunin farko na ɗaliban mata waɗanda suka shiga a shekarar 'yancin kai na ƙasar kuma suka yi karatu a ƙarƙashin Atul Bose & Ramendranath Chakraborty a cikin shekaru biyu na farko.A shekara ta uku ta yi karatu a karkashin farfesa Basanta Ganguly,wakilin jaruntaka na masu ra'ayin mazan jiya,idan ba al'adun ilimi a cikin fasaha ba.A kwalejin fasaha an horar da ita ta zama ƙwararriyar mai tsara fasaha,tana bin tsarin karatun da tsarin mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya ta kafa, duk da haka tana cikin rikici tare da Basanta Gang July a lokuta da yawa kamar yadda za ta tuna shekaru daga baya a cikin wata hira mai gaskiya.Ta kammala karatu a shekara ta 1951 kuma ita ce daliba ta farko a kwalejin da ta karbi lambar zinare ta shugaban AIFACS saboda gudummawar da ta bayar a fannin fasaha yayin da take karatun digiri. A shekara ta 1955 ta dauki kalubalen gudanar da nune-nunen solo a tashar AIFACS.A nan ne, Gada ta sami kanta tana nuna ayyukanta a gaban manyan mashawarta biyu daga Bombay,Gaitonde da Gade.