Ek Durlabh Manik by Amitrasudan Bhattacharya [Hardcover]

In Santiniketan, he was Manik to Mastermoshai Nandalal, Manik to Binod Bihari, Manik to Ramkinkar; even to Rabindranath, the son of Sukumar Roy and a student of Kala Bhavana, Satyajit Ray, was Manik. Manik was Satyajit’s nickname. This life portrayal, Ek Durlabh Manik, is a necklace of many untold stories from Manik’s student life at Kala Bhavana, his growth, and his gradual emergence as Satyajit Ray. The book is filled with rare, unpublished letters written to his childhood friends from Santiniketan, Dinu and Bhunu, revealing many unknown and unique stories of this extraordinary Manik, who rose from the cultural and artistic hub of Santiniketan.