India Self Portrait is an artful anthology of Indian life in past and present.
Presenting intimate perspectives of life before and after India opened its doors to the West, this rare, un-orchestrated, and often prophetic collection creates a unique, visual rendering of a country rooted in simplicity yet crowded with complexities and absurdities.
Representing a fusion of humanity bound by borders and separated by more than 20 major languages with hundreds of different dialects, India Self Portrait features paintings, photographs, and illuminating passages from individuals—many of them Indian youth—who have come from hidden villages in the Himalayas, from the backwaters of the jungles, across the sands of the desert, and from the heart of the booming metropolises.
Of all creeds and classes, they paint scenes with images and words that reflect a tessellation of life, from gods and demons to city streets and monsoons. There is no other book of its kind.
