At the start of his birth centenary year, Yashodhara Dalmia’s book on S H Raza could not have been timelier. An authority on the Progressive Artists’ Group, she has added to her own oeuvre in recent years with publications on Amrita Sher-Gil and Sri Lankan artist George Keyt. This book on Raza was waiting to happen, and the support of the Raza Foundation and Ashok Vajpeyi, who commissioned it, is considerable since it allows the author access to the artist’s personal correspondence and papers, some of them being made public for the first time.
Raza’s life in India before he left