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Art historian Yashodhara Dalmia has done pioneering research on Indian artists and collectives that have ensured her an eminent position among readers and researchers in a poorly represented field. It is this that makes her recent book on Sri Lankan artist George Keyt a momentous publishing event. Dalmia pulls out all stops in delving into the life of one of South Asia’s most significant artists, a troubled genius whose flawed life is laid bare through interviews, correspondence and meticulous enquiry.
Keyt, while a nationally important artist of the island nation, not only spent time in India, many of his subjects
