Kamladevi Chattopadhyay : the art of freedom / by Nico Slate
By
Slate, Nico
Item Type
Hardcover (Book)
Serial
15554
Publisher
Fourt Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, Gurugram
Description
xv, 365 pages
ISBN / ISSN No.
9789354899751
Subject
Chattopadhyay, Kamladevi -- Social reformer | Biography -- Kamladvi Chattopadhyay
Summay
In 1947, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay made an unexpected visit to a gloomy government building in New Delhi to confront one of the gravest crises facing the newly independent nation-the fate of the millions of refugees pouring across the borders with Pakistan. She had no official standing, but somehow managed to arrange for a piece of land just outside the capital, where a model town would be built to house 30,000 people. This town is today's Faridabad. Born a Saraswat Brahmin in Mangalore, Kamaladevi was a performing artist, a Gandhian, a social reformer, an educationist, an institution builder, a patron of the arts, an author, a visionary.
Nico Slate's new and definitive biography explores the life of Kamaladevi, one of the most inspiring figures of twentieth-century India.
Keyword
[Notes: about Rajeev Sethi and Bhule Bisre Kalakaar Cooperative or Forgotten Artists Cooperative in page 255.]
Accession No.
15554
Status
Available
Category
Biography-Autobiography
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