Rajat Mallick

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This is the second time, I got a request from a school (Via one of our legendary fanush maker Mr. P. K. Mallick) to make a Ghot Fanush / Kalash fanush, which is far from Kolkata. It was really encouraging for me to know that people wants to see my creation. Though I got a little time, because of my busy official schedule. So I tried hard to finish this fanush on time. Mr. P. K. Mallick came to my home to collect the fanush, as I had no time to deliver the same. Anyways, fortunately, I came back from the tour just before the fanush flying event & participated at the event of fanush flying.

  Photo credits: Mr. P. K. Mallick

I am eagerly waiting to see your valuable comments & suggestions regarding fanush / Sky Lanterns.

Please feel free to communicate with me to arrange such fanush flying event in your location.

– Rajat A creative fanush maker Member of Fanush Lovers Association of India (FLAI) Kolkata, M: 9674486684

  |Fanush 2019| – Mangal Ghot Fanush – III This is the second time, I got a request from a school (Via one of our legendary fanush maker Mr.

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|Fanush 2019| – Gratitude

|Fanush 2019| – Gratitude

After flying three Fanush (Also known as Sky Lantern / Hot Air Balloon) successfully in the year 2012, I was sooo excited, I thought to share my experience on blog. I searched the internet but found only few posts from the renowned blogger Mr. Rangan Dutta regarding the same topic. But there was no dedicated Fanush related blog. So I took the opportunity to create this blog. Since then, I am…

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One of the legendary fanush maker, Mr. P. K. Mallick, requested me to make a fanush for his grandson’s 5th birthday. Which was celebrated on 25th Dec 2018.

On his request, I made this fanush, so that kids can enjoy.

I am eagerly waiting to see your valuable comments & suggestions regarding fanush / Sky Lanterns.

Please feel free to communicate with me to arrange such fanush flying event in your location.

– Rajat A creative fanush maker Member of Fanush Lovers Association of India (FLAI) Kolkata, M: 9674486684

  |Fanush 2018| – Smiley One of the legendary fanush maker, Mr. P. K. Mallick, requested me to make a fanush for his grandson's 5th birthday.

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It is my pleasure to announce you that last year, ie, in the year 2018, my blog on Fanush has been viewed 5,863 times.

Statistics of Traffic

  In last seven years, it was the highest traffic. I am thankful to every viewer, who has viewed my blog on fanush (Also known as Fanoos / Sky Lantern / Hot air balloon).

You can see, after India, it is United States, from where my blog got the most traffic. And most viewed page was the home page, where pictures of the fanush are given.

With this Fanush blog, my objective was to encourage people of making & flying fanush (Sky Lantern / Phanus) across the globe. And to some extent, I am successful, I guess.

In the future, I will expect more viewers, more suggestions & more comments, so that more people can be encouraged.

Thank you very much to every one of you. Have a great new year. Fly Fanush in every occasion with optimum safety.

– Rajat A creative fanush maker Member of Fanush Lovers Association of India (FLAI) Kolkata, M: 9674486684

|Fanush 2018| – Statistics It is my pleasure to announce you that last year, ie, in the year 2018, my blog on Fanush has been viewed 5,863 times.

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Like every year, This year too, Fanush festival happened in the Milk colony, Belgachhia – Kolkata on 25th Nov 2018. I participated in this Fanush festival every year, since inception. Every year I used to bring one “Fanush” (which is also known as Fanoos / Sky Lantern / Hot Air balloon) in every fanush festival. Every time, I tried to make something special for fanush festival.

This year,  I had a very limited time to make a special fanush. Though I started a fanush with a design of a face, of a beautiful woman, may be my Dream Girl !!!

All the design in this fanush is made by the paper. No paint has been used. It took almost 28 hours to complete.

Unfortunately, on the day of event, I was out of station. My friends Mr. Chinmoy, Mr. P.K. Mallick, Mr. Imon & Mr. Shaheb helped my fanush to fly.

See my Dream Girl is flying… Isn’t it nice. I am eagerly waiting to see your valuable comments & suggestions.

Please feel free to communicate with me to arrange such fanush flying event in your location.

  – Rajat A creative fanush maker Member of Fanush Lovers Association of India (FLAI) Kolkata, M: 9674486684

|Fanush 2018| – Dream girl Like every year, This year too, Fanush festival happened in the Milk colony, Belgachhia - Kolkata on 25th Nov 2018.

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On 3rd Nov 2018, we have released 3 nos fanush (Sky Lanterns) from the Sky bridge of Atmosphere building (Beside Science city) at 34th floor for “Kolkata Design Week” or KDW press conference. The fanush (Sky Lanterns) were, one of the biggest size that we have ever made. The size was 10′(L) x 10′(W) & 8′ (H) box shaped. Two of them made by me. And another one made by the legendary fanush maker Mr. P. K. Mallick. We took assistance from one our Mr. Jit Karmakar, Mr. Suresh Yadav & two other gentlemen to release the fanush. Three fanush (Same design) released in different timing to capture different background color effect on white colored fanush. On 04th Nov 2018 in “The Telegraph” news paper, the event has been published. The ambiance of the Kolkata city from 34th floor was just awesome. Request to go through the pictures.

  The team behind all the whole project Starting from making to flying. L-R -> Mr. Suresh Yadav, Mr. P. K. Mallick, Rajat Mallick (Myself), Mr. Jit Karmakar

The Telegraph (04th Nov 2018)

A special thanks to the whole team of KDW (Kolkata Design Week), who has give us a chance to fly these outstanding fanush.

|Fanush 2018| – KDW On 3rd Nov 2018, we have released 3 nos fanush (Sky Lanterns) from the Sky bridge of Atmosphere building (Beside Science city) at 34th floor for "Kolkata Design Week" or KDW press conference.

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The morning of this Mahalaya (Dated: 08th Oct 2018) was special for me. I made this fanush (Also known as Sky Lantern / Paper made hot air balloon) for a nearby club. The club authority requested me to make the fanush related with “Durga puja” festival.

So, I combined both “Mahalaya” & “Durga puja” theme on my fanush ( ফানুশ / ফানুস). I have also added one Chand-mala on each side of the fanush to look more attractive. It took almost 20 hours to complete the fanush (Sky Lantern). Design on both sides are similar.

The above pictures have been taken during the leakage test.

The above pictures have been taken during the release of the fanush. A special thanks to Mr. P. K. Mallick, who has taken these awesome pictures.

The above pictures have been take by me using my mobile. As usual, the pictures were not at all edited. Only the size has been reduced.

After releasing the fanush, it reached sky-high within a minute. It was glowing in the sky-blue background. People stopped for a while to see the journey of this bright fanush.

Isn’t it nice? I am eagerly waiting to see your valuable comments & suggestions.

Please feel free to communicate with me to arrange such fanush flying event in your location.

  – Rajat A creative fanush maker Member of Fanush Lovers Association of India (FLAI) Kolkata, M: 9674486684

|Fanush 2018| – Mahalaya The morning of this Mahalaya (Dated: 08th Oct 2018) was special for me. I made this fanush (Also known as Sky Lantern / Paper made hot air balloon) for a nearby club.

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After I released my first Mangal Ghot (Please refer my previous post), I received a huge appreciation. I got a request from three club organizers to make such Ghot / Kalash fanush (Sky Lantern) for their upcoming event “Khuti Puja”.

Due to my time constraint, I could able to make only one Ghot fanush. Sadly, I had to refuse other two.

I was thinking to make Mangal Ghot, such a way that it looks similar to the previous one but not exactly same. Hence, design on the fanush has been changed.

On 12th August 2018, in Salt lake area, we have flown this fanush in the event of Khuti Puja. I am thankful to the renowned photographer Mr. P. K. Mallick, who has taken these wonderful photographs.

I am eagerly waiting to see your valuable comments & suggestions (“Comment” section can be accessed by clicking on the “Leave a comment” beside the heading). Please feel free to communicate with me to arrange such fanush / Sky Lantern flying event in your location.

– Rajat A creative fanush maker Member of Fanush Lovers Association of India (FLAI) Kolkata, M: 9674486684, E: [email protected]

|Fanush 2018| – Mangal Ghot Fanush – II After I released my first Mangal Ghot (Please refer my previous post), I received a huge appreciation.

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A fanush, (which is also known as Sky Lantern or paper made hot air balloon) should be a story by itself. That is how I was thinking. May be all creative fanush makers think in this way.

I got the request from one of our association member to make a fanush related with upcoming Bengali new year (1425). I thought, “Ghot with daab” or Mangal Ghot (Kalash) will be the best idea.

Last year, the legendary fanush maker, Mr. Sachin Mukherjee made a fanush with similar thought (Ghot with daab). So, my fanush has to be completely different from him so that no one can draw any comparison.

I was planning to make the Mangal Ghot which will look realistic. Making a ghot (Kalash) is comparatively easier. But making a coconut is difficult. It’s sish (The Stick which is attached with every green coconut) is more difficult to place it vertically. I had a bitter experience using sticks on Mosquito Fanush in previous event at Milk Colony, Belgachhiya.

I started doing some engineering drawing. With the usage of “Surface Development” technique (A part of Engineering Drawing), I managed to do both the Ghot & Coconut easily.

The biggest problem I encountered is to make a hole on the coconut, which is having a curved surface. after cutting the paper, hole should be a circle. It sounds easy but difficult to make. This time I used my knowledge of “Surface development of intersecting objects” technique & made a perfect hole on the coconut. It took almost four hour on computer & 1 hour to mark & cut the coconut fanush.

After combining both part (Ghot & Coconut), I inflated the fanush & observed a bulginess on the mouth of Ghot. The shape was also distorted due to bulginess. So, I started doing different experiments & lastly I used brackets inside the ghot to retain the actual shape. This technique is commonly used in steel fabricated structures.

Checking the curvature of the Kalash / Ghot

During making of Ghot, I decided to use some of the classic Bengali articles so that it becomes a Bengali Ghot, instead of a Hindu ghot. So, I used Classic hand fan, Sankha, Kulo etc. to represent Bangaliana…

The glimpse of CAD drawing is given below.

CAD version of Mangal Ghot

As I was involved in releasing the fanush, I couldn’t able to take any snaps. So, all the pictures related with Mangal Ghot, I had to collect from others. I am thankful to Mr. P.K. Mallick, Mr. Ashish Kumar Goswami, Ms. Suparna Guha, Mr. Sandip Roy etc…

I am eagerly waiting to see your valuable comments & suggestions. Please feel free to communicate with me to arrange such fanush flying event in your location.

– Rajat A creative fanush maker Kolkata, M: 9674486684

  |Fanush 2018| – Mangal Ghot Fanush A fanush, (which is also known as Sky Lantern or paper made hot air balloon) should be a story by itself.

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Fanush commonly known as Sky Lantern or paper made hot air balloon, most probably introduced in Kolkata around 1920 by Shree Gouri Shankar De who was a mathematics teacher at Scottish Church College. After Shree Gouri Shankar De, many other legendary fanush makers have enriched the tradition of fanush making in Kolkata, like Shree Gobindo De, Shree Dipen Bandyopadhyay etc.

In today’s perspective, only few faint name exists, without any photographs of their own or their creations.

Its been a long time, I was thinking to preserve current veteran fanush makers creation, so that like minded people can have a look at their creations…. decades after decades.

In this regard, I personally requested Mr. Sachin Mukherjee from Bhadreswar, Mr. Subir Bose from Konnagar, Mr. Ajoy Dutt from Beadon Street & Mr. P.K. Mallick from Goabagan Street, for giving me a fanush for preservation. Fortunately, everyone of them has agreed to donate a fanush of their own make.

In the second phase, I am having a plan to get fanush from: Mr. Biresh Majunder from Hari Ghosh Street, Mr. Soumitra Goswami from Konnagar & Mr. Dipak Dutta from Duff Street.

Today, i.e on 09th March 2018, Mr. P. K. Mallick from Goabagan Street, has come to my home to donate his fanush. This is the first fanush, which I received for my museum. Mr. Chinmoy Chakraborty (A young fanush maker) has captured the timeless moment of ours.

  |Fanush 2018| – Preservation of Fanush Fanush commonly known as Sky Lantern or paper made hot air balloon, most probably introduced in Kolkata around 1920 by Shree Gouri Shankar De who was a mathematics teacher at Scottish Church College.

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After flying the mosquito shaped Fanush / Sky Lantern from Belgachia Milk Colony (Kolkata) in last November, I started working on a “Dodecahedron” shaped fanush (ফানুশ / ফানুস). Mr. Rangan Datta, a well known travel writer, recommended me to make a fanush with the shape of a “Dodecahedron”.  I also fascinated with the star design football. Hence, I decided to combine both. I did some experiment on CAD software & came out with the following design.

  In the early December, I got a call from the Sectary of “Behala Natun Dal” club. They were planning to fly fanush on 25th Dec. It suppose to be the first fanush flying public event in South Kolkata. I got the privilege to offer them the above mentioned fanush for their event.

A memento has been offered to me as a token of appreciation from “Behala Natun Dal” club for my little contribution to their successful event. Photograph of the same is given below. Two nos printed coffee cups. One for me & another one for my wife 🙂

Below picture is the glimpse of CAD software usage to make the design picture perfect.

CAD Version of Star Shaped football (Dodecahedron)

      |Fanush 2017| – Dodecahedron After flying the mosquito shaped Fanush / Sky Lantern from Belgachia Milk Colony (Kolkata) in last November, I started working on a "Dodecahedron" shaped fanush (ফানুশ / ফানুস).

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Like last year, this year too, I have been invited by Mr. Debasish Mukherjee, grandson of legendary fanush maker Mr. Sachin Mukherjee to share the same platform to fly Fanush  / Sky Lantern on 26th Nov 2017. For this occasion, I tried my best to create a (Dengue) mosquito shaped fanush / Sky Lantern, as, dengue is becoming an alarming situation in my region. This fanush has been released with a tag line: “Prevention is better than cure. Stay away from mosquito”, just to bring more awareness in the community.

Cad version of Mosquito Fanush (Sky Lantern)

This picture is taken by Mr. Ranadip Kundu on 26th Nov 2016 at milk colony. Most of them are fanush makers, who has released their creation on that event. Mr. Sachin Mukherjee is in the center with a white T-Shirt, marked with “Fanush Manush”. I am standing in the second from left. followed by Mr. Saheb, Mr. Imon, Mr. Chinmoy, Mr. Debasish Mukherjee (Black T-Shirt), Mr. Kawtuk, Mr. Sourav  (Extreme right) followed by Mr. Saravjeet (Jeans shirt)

  |Fanush 2017| – Mosquito Like last year, this year too, I have been invited by Mr. Debasish Mukherjee, grandson of legendary fanush maker Mr.

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This fanush / Sky Lantern is created by me, named “Smiley”. This fanush / sky lantern was flown on 29th Oct 2017, on the evening of Jagadhatri puja. This Fanush was flown by the children present on that day.

    Smiley Design (Cad Version)

|Fanush 2017| – Smiley This fanush / Sky Lantern is created by me, named "Smiley". This fanush / sky lantern was flown on 29th Oct 2017, on the evening of Jagadhatri puja.

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This fanush / Sky Lantern is created by me. I have not seen this design in Fanush (Sky Lantern) earlier. If you like, please feel free to comment. This one was also flown on the same day, i.e 19th Oct 2017.

|Fanush 2017| – Football (Pentagon & Triangle) This fanush / Sky Lantern is created by me. I have not seen this design in Fanush (Sky Lantern) earlier.

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Mr. Chinmoy Chakraborty, photographer by profession & enthusiastic fanush maker has come with his creation (Box type Fanush / Sky Lantern) to celebrate on the same day i.e 19th Oct 2017. The photographs of his fanush / sky lantern are given below.

    |Fanush 2017| – Box Mr. Chinmoy Chakraborty, photographer by profession & enthusiastic fanush maker has come with his creation (Box type Fanush / Sky Lantern) to celebrate on the same day i.e 19th Oct 2017. The photographs of his fanush / sky lantern are given below.

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Mr. Dipankar Das, another enthusiastic fanush maker has come with his creation (Check design & Ring design Fanush / Sky Lantern) to celebrate. The photographs of his fanush / sky lantern are given below. Needless to mention, all the photographs are un-edited.

Check Type:

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Ring type:

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  |Fanush 2017| -Check & Ring Mr. Dipankar Das, another enthusiastic fanush maker has come with his creation (Check design & Ring design Fanush / Sky Lantern) to celebrate.

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Mr. Saheb, another enthusiastic fanush maker has come with his creation (Checked box type Fanush / Sky Lantern) to celebrate on the same day. The photographs of his fanush / sky lantern are given below. Needless to mention, all the photographs are un-edited.

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  |Fanush 2017| -Checked box Mr. Saheb, another enthusiastic fanush maker has come with his creation (Checked box type Fanush / Sky Lantern) to celebrate on the same day. The photographs of his fanush / sky lantern are given below. Needless to mention, all the photographs are un-edited.