‘Like his close associates in Santiniketan Ramkinkar engaged with the local environment but viewed it through the lens of a different sensibility, and he drew his skill sets from different art traditions, this allowed him to focus upon the shared world in a personal way, or made him an iconoclast if you like.’ Ramkinkar’s artistic philosophy.

‘It has just been announced that all Board examinations are to be cancelled. The implications of this are also something the students are having to wrap their minds around. ….considering the importance this country gives to Board examinations and competitive examinations.’ Cancelled examinations, cancelled futures?

‘These two colossal figures were a major shift from his early works in terms of the material. The earlier works were in concrete whereas these two were in stone. Though not formally, but in terms of the material and thereby textures, the works looked a little different from the oeuvre of Ramkinkar’s sculptures.’ A study of Ramkinkar’s iconic Yaksha-Yakshi.