Contents
Foreword • 6 Introduction: Nandini Ghosh • 11 I. Recalling Meera as a Person i. Purity of Vision: Maitreyi Chatterjee • 28 ii. My Friend Meera: Shilvanti Pracht • 40 II. On Meera’s Art: The Artist and Her Language i. Notes from Germany: Georg Lechner • 56 ii. Art and Social Involvement: Maja von Rosenbladt • 72 iii. A World in Bronze: Clelia Segieth • 80 iv. The Gathering of Experience and the Choice of Tradition: Pranabranjan Ray • 88 v. Meera’s journey to the Himalayas: Geeti Sen • 104 vi. From Child-Art to Stitched Painting: Adip Dutta • 112 III. Meera on Art i. Meera in her own words: Part 1 • 124 ii. Meera in her own words: Part 2 • 130 Biography • 148 Contributors • 150 Acknowledgements • 152
