Author: Kankabati Dutta

Echoes from the East – Part 3

Kankabati Dutta

Now she realized why Dad had many files, and documents including photographs removed from his homes and offices, long before the trouble started brewing. It was when he had refused an influential minister’s donation for election funds that he was hit by a premonition of what might happen. But it was a blind lane for him. Had he parted with such a large amount, his businesses would have been in doldrums and he would have ended up in jail anyway, for not being able to pay back his debts.

Echoes from the East – Part 2

Kankabati Dutta

“How can I help being anxious, Tom? Particularly so for Mom, who’s all alone now”.
Tom took June’s hand in his palm, “I’ll handle the matter. Mom will be fine”. He was about to say something more, when it started drizzling. Hand in hand, both of them ran towards the portico of Jonardan Bose’s palatial mansion to take shelter from the rain.

Conceptual Communion: Art and Literature

Kankabati Dutta

-Written By Kankabati Datta (Reading Time: 16 min Approx) “I’m Abanindranath Tagore. I write pictures. (Chhobi Likhi). I can’t say I’m too good at spellings but I sure know how to make people spell bound!” Such were the words visionary Read more

Of Art and Abstraction

Kankabati Dutta

My poems are usually reactionary – meaning I write in response to incidents or scenes, or evens that move me or through me in a way that requires immediate outburst. I edit and re-edit my poems; then try to redesign the scratched-out portions into interesting artwork much like Tagore! My poems are therefore infrequent compared to my artistic pursuits. The creation of a painting or piece of art is a far lengthier process.