This book is a tribute to the image-makers of Kumortuli, as well as a social and cultural account of Durga Puja-the most important religious festival of Bengal.
The potter community of Kolkata, the kumors, as they are colloquially known, are more than what the name suggests-they are artists. Tangible images of deities that form the crux of Hindu worship, find shape in the hands of these artisans, who, with sheer dedication to the craft, have kept the tradition ...
An excellent book . . Thorough, fair, balanced, intelligent, and addressing every aspect of a truly astonishing artist, his life and times. This beautifully illustrated biography, the product of ten years' research by a Bengali and an English writer is the first to disentangle profound contradictions relating to Tagore. The book focuses on the man, not his art. It highlights those of Tagore's works that have universal appeal and that illuminate his complexity and ...