The art of unification

The popular nationalistic upsurge led to Abanindranath Tagore rejecting his training in Western art practice in search for one that was more indigenous

Did art play a role in the making of India’s republic? Its independence? It might surprise readers to note just how significant art was to prove in both cases, even though those contributions now remain neglected by an ill-informed society.
 
One of the critical elements in the struggle for freedom was forging a national identity in a country riven by language, consisting of over 500 princely states and Crown-administered provinces. From reformists and philosophers to writers, poets and politicians, they struggled to find a common, unifying cause in a country that was culturally knit together without the perspective of