‘Almost human’: life-size replicas of the dead help mend broken hearts in India | India
In the north of Kolkata, near Dum Dum Junction, Subimal Das and his staff of 80 work from an old factory-warehouse. Using clay, fibreglass and silicone, they construct extraordinary lifesize replicas of religious icons, cultural figures, cricketers and Bollywood stars. But the workshop also has a popular new line: custom-made 30kg replicas of the dead,…
