Words have the unique ability to transcend time, space and geographies—with the written word especially; this was evident at a recent exhibition held at the India International Centre, New Delhi, titled ‘Evam Vadati Pustakam:So Says the Book’ to showcase select manuscripts from South Asia covering a rich and varied field. All of these were hand written, reflecting not just the personality of the author but also of the patron who commissioned them as well as the scribes who carefully prepared the ink, the reed, the palm or birch leaf or the handmade paper.
January 2020, volume 1, No October 2023, volume 47, No 10