Are there Oscars for pandal producers? Probir Mondol would be in the reckoning.For the Durga Puja festivities in Calcutta's Salt Lake this year, Mondol has erected a 150 ft long, 90 ft high replica of - why of course - the Titanic. You should have guessed that. After all, T-Rexes lumbered into puja pandals the year Jurassic Park was out. Says the ship-building artisan: "The organisers wanted something to make people from Calcutta recognise Salt Lake as a place to visit during the festival." They got it.Published By: AtMigration Published On: Oct 5, 1998--- ENDS ---
