Kolkata, Feb. 13 -- Bathed in moonlight, the resplendent marble edifice stood like a mute witness to the passage of time, watching the scene unfolding around it, just as it has watched for well over a century.

But now, instead of standing like a wall between two cultures, it gladly watched how two countries were exploring their intercultural link through the rendition of the story of Indian Ramayana adapted through Thailand's Ramakien.

Hosted by and held at the Victoria Memorial Hall (VMH), Kolkata, in collaboration with The Royal Thai Consulate-General in Kolkata and the Royal Thai Embassy in New Delhi, the evening was devoted to a performance of the Khon - a classical Thai masked dance drama - inscribed in 2018 on UNESCO's Representat...