Books - A celebration and a prayer
Celebration and Prayer: Life and Light in Raza's Art Ashok Vajpeyi Speaking Tiger 184 pages Sometimes a book finds you all of a sudden, and as if calls you. You pick it up, and as you read you are both surprised and happy. It reminds you that books and whim go well together, and that you are at the right place. I was at Arthshila's library then and am now keen to revisit, especially to meet the book again. I had not begun a new book for some days now despite more than a few unread lined up at home, but this was special. This book , with a few unfinished sentences and some blank pages, I could not complete then. But it touched me in a manner that many books which I have completed did not. This book talks of Raza's journey from a small hamlet in Central India, the teacher who introduced him to the Bindu, to France and to finally returning to India and painting daily in his 90s. Sample a few lines - All the world is produced by touch. ...