Chitrakar: The ArtistThe Artist (Chitrakar) is a selective reminiscence recapturing various pictures from the years of Benodebehari Mukhrejee's childhood, apprenticeship and maturity, up to the time he became blind. Master of the Household (Kattamashai) is a candid and complex fictionalized account of his struggle to come to terms with his blindness and continue to be creative, and the identity and ego problems that came with it. The Creator (Kirtikar) is a simple, though

This volume brings together four of his most widely staged plays from the 1970s and ’80s

Blending myth and folklore with an acute insight into the human psyche and politics

besides embellishing them

To further this point

a meditation on the poetry of renowned French author Francis Ponge (1899–1988)

he was obsessing about the entrepreneurial spirit behind coin-operated payphones in Mumbai and the reasons behind clocks on public buildings in the city

inviting us to engage at the same time as they enchant us with their timeless appeal and beauty

in large part improvised

in which Ray talks about early influences

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as well as anecdotes and stories gathered from across India

This book is a compilation of several essays written by some of India’s notable researchers