Unmasked: Reflections in Brush and Ink

Contents: Foreword/Sanjeeb Chaudhuri. 1. Artist Statement. 2. Convergence/Harsh Goenka. 3. Unshackling the Shackles/Rahma Khazam. 4. A Confluence of Brush and Pen/Virginia Damtsa. 5. Poetry in Motion/Vickram Sethi. 6. Outside Confined Spaces and Definitions. 7. Metaphorically Speaking/Nandita Chaudhuri. 8. Child of the Universe. 9. Rules of the Pond. 10. Relationships. 11. Life and Death. 12. Sounds of Silence. 13. In Conversation with Dr. Michael Asbury. 14. Artist Biography.

Nandita Chaudhuri’s works take a deep dive into peeling away the onion layers of human behaviour in a stark and vivid manner. The poems and paintings rely on graphic metaphors to convey a common thread. Introspection, coupled with profound, thought-provoking stories, explores and re-engages with deep impressions and stored images snatched from life. The two mediums, when juxtaposed, delve into emotions that would not have been possible alone, creating cross currents as they dissolve into each other. Like yin and yang, at times, they display the connectivity between the human soul and the universe at large and, at others, depict the paucity and dissociation between them. An interplay of narratives throughout the book enables a storyline that depicts the object and the crevices within. Together, they create a unique multi-layered sensory experience, conveying deep introspection with incredible synergy.