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In the Shadow of the Devi Kumaon: Of a Land a People a Craft by Kak/Manju

In the Shadow of the Devi Kumaon: Of a Land a People a Craft

by Kak , Manju
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9789385285677
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: Fine Arts
  • Publisher: Niyogi Books
  • Publisher Imprint: NiyogiBook
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 256
  • Original Price: 1995.0 INR
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: N/A

In the Shadow of the Devi Kumaon: Of a Land, a People, a Craft

Manju Kak is a writer, critic, scholar and artist. For two decades, through word, image, research and curatorial themes, she has explored the many unique aspects of Himalayan life. This pursuit led her to make the documentary, They Who Walked Mountains (2002). She has edited the book Nicholas Roerich: A Quest & Legacy (2011) and curated an ethnographic exhibition titled Kashmiri Pandits, A Vintage Album: The Making of Modern India (2013). As a painter, her last show to date was Ranikhet State of Mind (2016).Her PhD is in the History of Art from the National Museum, New Delhi. A few of her artworks are in private and public collections in India and Hong Kong. Her short stories have won acclaim. They include First Light in Colonelpura (1992), Requiem for an Unsung Revolutionary (1995) and Just One Life and Other Stories (2015).