Letters

A collection of letters discussing the role of the state in the preservation and promotion of art and culture, by one of India’s greatest artists.

The seventeen letters in this collection were written by K.G. Subramanyan in response to requests from “various quarters” about matters ranging from the National Policy of Education to the government’s seeming preference for erecting statues of dead men and organizing grand Republic Day parades rather than for preserving the myriad threads of cul...