He used colours with great spontaneity sometimes as a backdrop to his powerful drawings. Despite royal blood from Kerala, his personal struggle was immense and instead of making him bitter, it only made him a person whose scandal meter was zero.”On the other hand, Suhas Roy was this gentle soul whose tobacco- and paan-stained teeth would peep from behind his ever-smiling countenance. He was very fond of plying one with wine, books — including some that he had written — and good conversation. We called him Kaka and his wife Sushila Masi since both studied at Shantiniketan during the time my parents were there.

He was known for making portraits of Radha almost to the point where it became his signature.” Later, as the reader and professor at the faculty of fine arts in Baroda, K.G. Subramanyan, fondly known as Mani, Mani sir and Mani da, meant many things to people and an ongoing exhibition at the India International Centre of his work curated by artist Vijay Kowshik explores his myriad dimensions. Says Vijay, “He would always be Mani Kaka ever APET sheet manufacturers since his visits to our home in Delhi in the 50s. His thoughts were conveyed through these and the writing was clear and precise, conveying the essence with strength and conviction. I am in a way aiming at creating very intense faces that I have envisaged and studied from life. He liked to experiment with various materials and has made works in terracotta, ceramics, cement castings with sand moulds, bamboo and wood, and reverse painting acrylic paint on acrylic sheet among others. By this time, he had a large following of his students who had become established artists in their own right.

He penned and sketched a number of books for children, which have been very popular. I had gone to meet him at E. One of his works in which he took enormous pride was the “sculpturesque” car and auto rickshaw he created from a real car and auto rickshaw. These last few months, the art world has lost three important artists and during this festive period, I want to remember the happy interactions that I had with them. Here is wishing all of a wonderful Diwali! Dr Alka Raghuvanshi is an art writer, curator and artist and can be contacted on alkaraghuvanshi@yahoo. The trio I am referring to is Yusuf Arrakal, K. He dressed young and in excellent if sometimes flamboyant taste in denims and corduroys and thought very young — no wonder that he had many young artist friends who rallied around him

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