Somnath Hore (1921–2006) was a Bengali sculptor and printmaker. His sketches, sculptures and prints were a reaction to major historical crises and events of twentieth-century Bengal, such as the Bengal Famine of 1943 and the Tebhaga movement. Among the many honours he received are the Padma Bhushan (posthumously), the Aban–Gagan Purashkar and the Rabindra Bharati University Award. He lived and worked in Santiniketan until his death.
In the winter of 1946, Somenath Hore, one of India’s major painter-sculptors, was assigned by the Communist Party of India to document the Tebhaga movement in North Bengal.
Perumal Murugan is a prominent author of Tamil literature. An award-winning writer, poet and scholar, he has garnered both critical acclaim and commercial success for his vast array of work. Some of h
Michael Löwy (born 1938, Brazil) is a French Brazilian Marxist sociologist and philosopher. He is emeritus research director in social sciences at the CNRS (French National Center of Scientifi
Vijay Kumar Thakur, Professor of History, Patna University, was the author of Urbanisation in Ancient India (1981), Historiography of Indian Feudalism (1989) and Social Dimensions of Technology: Iron
Surendra Nihal Singh (born 1929) is a veteran journalist who was associated with The Statesman for a long time. He is the author of Ink In My Veins: A Life In Journalism (2011).
