the-south-asian April 2003

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APRIL 2003

Art - Remembering Bhabesh Chandra Sanyal

B C Sanyal

A Journey from Lahore to Delhi

Bhabesh Chandra Sanyal, known lovingly as Baba Sanyal, passed on in January this year. He was 101 and the senior-most contemporary artist of India who had been involved in the evolution of the Indian art scene from the early twentieth century to the present twenty first century. He taught at the Mayo School of Arts in Lahore from 1929 to 1936 and founded the Lahore School of Fine Arts. He came to Delhi in 1947, and .....

People

Shashi Kapoor has taken a conscious decision to move away from the arclights. Films, he says, have become frivolous and puerile. Today, he devotes a considerable amount of his time to the care of cancer patients. He talks on people closest to his heart. Read on

Shashi Kapoor

Heritage

Tawang Monastery

Brooding in solitary splendour, with a grand view of the snowy Himalayas, is the Tawang Monastery in the scenic Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh. The monastery or Gompa is over 350 years old and is an important pilgrimage for Buddhists. More

Lifestyle

Isidore Domnick Mendis meets offsprings who have pursued their own calling and made a name for themselves in their chosen field. Tarun Tahiliani, son of India’s former naval chief, is the country’s top fashion designer. Ashwin Kumar, Saina, Nandita, and Annieare other examples

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Artist Jatin Das with his filmstar daughter Nandita