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| Returning… An Indian Odyssey | |
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| Returning… An Indian Odyssey
By Ilaa Dev Pal |
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| In Returning… An Indian Odyssey, artist Ilaa Dev Pal has ‘created a unique combination of written word and painted image on a sheet of paper, their presence on the surface together mysteriously enhancing the visual impact’. (Husain) | |
| Going well beyond the usual coffee-table books, she has portrayed an honest and moving picture of the country with wit, passion and rare incisiveness and captured the tenor of the times. | |
In the words of Tyeb Mehta, the renowned artist “Going through the book is like taking an artistic look at the very soul of India that has been captured beautifully on paper and bound together by words and images that linger on even after putting it down”. |
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Ashok Vajpeyi the eminent poet and art critic extols in his foreword, “We are at the threshold of a new kind of artistic experience leading us to wonder and mystery”. |
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| Prominent Press excerpts | |
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‘Each of the 127 pages of ‘Returning…An Indian Odyssey’ is a singular insightful story, which reminds of the many realties of India’. - Times of India, Mumbai |
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‘The book is a landmark in the English poetry scene of India.’ - Afternoon Despatch & Courier Mumbai, 2006 |
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‘Ilaa Dev Pal’s travelogue is an artistic experience, unique.’ - Indian Express, April 2006 |
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‘Intensely thought provoking! Through every poem there is a constant quest.’ - Loksatta, Mumbai 6thApril, ‘06 |
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‘Breaking free from the shackles of contemporary
art noted painter Ilaa Dev Pal’s new book Returning… An
Indian Odyssey combines the genres of painting and poetry to create
unique painted poems’ -The Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
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‘With thought –provoking poems on social issues Pal’s book traces the evolution of her thoughts, both as an artist and a painter.’ – The Indian Express, New Delhi, June 2006 |
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‘Book captures beauty of real India. The poems in the book are both “furiously inaudible and silently audible. They would help the reader (and also the viewer) to retrieve, return and reflect” - The Asian Age, New Delhi June 2006 |
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‘Ilaa Dev Pal’s book launch was a treat in all respects. While launching the book officially Ashok Vajpeyi , being a poet himself good naturedly confessed being “jealous” of Ilaa and her book.’- The Times of India, New Delhi June 2006 |
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Through her very unique style and by combining the genres of painting and poetry, Pal presents to her readers an insight into multiple realities of India with which many of us have lost our connection. Her humour, wit and satire make even the most revolting of realities easier to admit. Her spontaneous intimate musings highlight in some way or the other, the social issues prevalent in our society and indeed touches the soul in a deep way. Returning… An Indian Odyssey, truly is a quest to return to India’s soul. - Jetwings Magazine, October 2006 |