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Sumit Basu makes his photographic debut with a refreshing and personal vision of the ancient city of Benaras. The city history and many layers make it a difficult subject to capture, but basu,s closely observed black-and-white images offer penetrating comments on life in this holy city, and skilfully avoid the obvious and the cliched. His sympathetic yet objective treatment invests this series with originality, verve and discrimination. Basu tells a story well. ...
Each day.Rabindranath Tagore received hundreds of letters. One morning, he received a letter that left him amused. It was a letter from a twelve year old girl named Ranu who complained the poet was not writing any more stories. The tone of the letter aroused the poet’s curiosity and he wrote to her. When Madhurilata, the poet’s eldest daughter passed away suddenly, he was completely shattered. Struggling silently with his grief he went in search of ...