Sumathi Ramaswamy Publishes Husain's Raj: Visions of Empire and Nation

Husain’s Raj: Visions of Empire and Nation has just been published by the Marg Foundation of Mumbai.
This work, aimed at a broad readership, focuses on a series of paintings by the Indian modernist Maqbool Fida Husain in which he, at times playfully, offered a postcolonial commentary on the Raj.
Dr. Ramaswamy presents a new and intriguingly fresh reading of these important paintings, not only demonstrating how important visual evidence is for our understanding of the past but also offering new ways of thinking about the possible range of responses to British rule in India. A copy is now displayed on the Faculty Book Shelf in the department.