Two legends who met on February 6
On February 6, 1997, the Nightingale of India had met another legend in the university town, Rabindra Sangeet exponent Kanika Bandyopadhyay
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On February 6, 1997, the Nightingale of India had met another legend in the university town, Rabindra Sangeet exponent Kanika Bandyopadhyay
Man, Artist, Wound: Somnath Hore as I Knew Him He never thought of his work as a finished 'product' with commercial 'value'. Nor did he have any sense of his own greatness. Somnath Hore. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Somnath Hore (1921-2006), one of the great multi-faceted artists of the 20th century, was remarkable for the consistency and intensity with which he explored human suffering via the techniques of sketching, printmaking and sculpture. Today is his 100th birth anniversary. Though I was not formally a student of Somnath Hore, from my early student years in Kala Bhavan I was given the pre...