The Toy story

Dolls, for most of us, are nothing more than childhood memories that die out as we grow old. For Anupama Hoskere, however, her doll collection means a lot more – “My dolls tell stories,” she says. Director of Dhaatu Puppet Theatre and a trained Bharatnatyam dancer and member of Karnataka Sangeet and Nritya Academy, Hoskere has been collecting dolls of various kinds – wood, terracotta, porcelain – ever since she can remember. With a collection of more than 5,000 dolls, Hoskere has been conducting Doll Displays since 1995 during the Navratri in Bangalore. From epic story displays like the 18 chapters of the Mahabharata, the story of the Ramayana and the famous Dasara procession of Mysore, Hoskere’s dolls depict it all

suport by: Nishant Ratnakar and Nidhi Bhushan