It was a call that had taken me by surprise. A faculty member attached to Shilpa Sadan, the vocational training part of the Visva Bharati University, called me in early May. Tagore, an early believer in rural reconstruction, had in addition to creating science and humanities teaching facilities had also created Shilpa Sadan where the courses offered were in textile, leather, paper or ceramic craft.
The faculty member had asked me whether I would be in Santiniketan mid May. When I said I would, he told me that he would like to invite me as an external examiner for a fourth
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