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Satyajit Ray

Comics Conclave Showcasing Satyajit Ray’s Original Sketchbook

Although the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, has frequently been a pioneer in tying technological challenges to everyday language, the country’s engineering institutes are typically thought of as churning up technical solutions for the nation’s difficult problems. For fans of visual storytelling and cinema, the “Comics Conclave” at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) …

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Remembering Satyajit Ray\’s grandfather, who pioneered engraving, colour printing in India

December 20, On This Day Did you know famous auteur Satyajit Ray\’s grandfather was a pioneer of engraving and colour printing in India? Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury was born in May 1863 and has his death anniversary today, on December 20 (1915 was the year of his demise aged only 52). He is the father of …

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