Devi roop kumari biography books pdf

National And International Prominence

Although M. K. Binodini Devi is known best for her writing, she was also an accomplished sculptor, having been an art student at Tagore’s Santiniketan.

Devi roop kumari biography books pdf

There, she became the muse of the Indian sculptor and painter Ramkinkar Baij. Portraits and sculptures of her by Baij are in the Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi and were recently shown in New Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. Their relationship was fictionalized in Dekhi Nai Phire (unfinished) by the late celebrated Bengali novelist Samaresh Basu, with illustrations by Bikash Bhattacharjee, another contemporary Bengali painter.

She has also translated into Manipuri the works of Bengali writers such as Rabindranath Tagore, Shankar and Badal Sircar.

Many national luminaries in the arts such as actor Naseeruddin Shah, actor-director Amol Palekar, playwright Badal Sircar, novelist Mulk Raj Anand, writer Samaresh Basu, director Ketan Mehta, dancers Maya Rao and