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Born in a cowshed into a once-illustrious family, Manjit Bawa entered the world of pencil and charcoal by accident. Unlike his contemporaries, Manjit did not blindly ape Western trends, choosing instead to base his art on Indian mythology and references. Shunning greys, dull blues and browns, he adopted brazen yellows, luminous greens, bright crimson, turquoise and indigo as his own. It wasn't long before a Bawa solo show was completely sold out and he was ...
Shiv Kumar Sharma: The Man and His Music takes the reader on a journey that goes back to a time when the maestro first started out as an adolescent learning the rudiments of Indian classical music under the guidance of his guru and Father, Uma Dutt Sharma. It traces, through fascinating text and rare photographs, the life of the young boy who dared to dream that he would make his name among the greatest musicians of the country and then went on to receive the ...
It began humbly enough: born in a cowshed into a once-illustrious family, Manjit Bawa displayed no signs of genius as he played truant at school and, with a rooster tucked rakishly under his arm, frequented cockfighting competitions. To keep him out of trouble, his elder brother Manmohan, a commercial artist, made Manjit model for him, until Manjit, mesmerized by the magic of pencil and charcoal, tried his own hand at art. When he decided to make a career of it, ...
Governor General Lord Wellesley took up residence in the Government House, as it was then called, in 1803, even before the last of the artisans had vacated the mansion, such was his impatience to live in a home worthy of the ruler of the British empire in India. Twenty-three Governors General and later Viceroys lived in this house, until the capital shifted to Delhi in 1912. The first Indian occupant was C. Rajagopalachari, the governor of Bengal, in 1947. And ...
This book takes the reader on a journey that is quite unique. For the first time ever, you are allowed an insider's view of how the artist works in his own private domain-at work in his studio. This is a private space of introspection or feverish activity, with the artist in solitude and in dialogue with his work. Nemai Ghosh, celebrated for his stills of Satyajit Ray's films, captures painters from Benodebehari Mukherjee, Jamini Roy to Manjit ...