Contents: 1. Sankha Ghosh : foreword. 2. Debashis Chanda : before the beginning. 3. Nandalal Bose. 4. Hemendranath Mazumdar. 5. Pradosh Dasgupta. 6. Nikhil Biswas. 7. Sovon Som. 8. Rabin Mondal. 9. Prokash Karmakar. 10. Ganesh Haloi. 11. Ramananda Bandyopadhyay. 12. Jogen Chowdhury. 13. Sunil Das. 14. Indranath Bandyopadhyay. 15. Shuvaprasanna. 16. Tapas Konar. 17. Samir Aich. 18. Sanjay Bhattacharyya. 19. Sanjay Ghosh. 20. Parag Roy. 21. Samindranath Mazumdar. 22. Tanmoy Mridha. 23. Aridam Chattopadhyay. 24. Mithu Sen. 25. Eleena Banik.

"Abanindranath Tagore once remarked, Is an artist obliged only to paint?' Surge of creativity may often hurtle him into different media of expression. In his youth, Rabindranath Tagore also light-heartedly wrote that he did not intend to disappoint any of the 'muses', that he longed to try his hand at everything, even painting. This is how a poet wants to step outside poetry and an artist wishes to explore beyond painting. In the history of art and literature there are numerous such instances of border crossing right under our eyes.

Visual Rhapsody is a fascinating tale of this border-crossing. A collection of poems, drawings and paintings by 23 trail-blazing Bengali artists, it captures the essence of the art of Bengal in poetic and visual format as it has never been depicted before. A bilingual publication in Bengali and English, its appeal lies in the editor's ability to assimilate and blend such a compelling range so exquisitely, without overwhelming the reader.

Visual Rhapsody is a magical presentation of masters, both past and present, where art meets art and leaves us forever warmed by its afterglow." (jacket)