BOOK EXCERPT This book illustrates how a robust cultural milieu in the 19th century modernised Calcutta An excerpt from ‘Modernity in Indian Art: Reflections’, edited by Harsha V Dehejia.

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A rare 19th-century condom decorated with an erotic etching featuring a nun and three clergymen is going on display at a museum in the Netherlands.