Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c11.s4.t3.84

v2.c11.s4.t3.84

Nandalal Bose was basically a man of rural India. The open landscape of Kharagpur Haveli with its lake and picturesque hills were part of his childhood memories; the bullock carts on the move, the craftsman at work, open skies and tumultuous clouds were in his blood. All these probably constituted the crucial factors that led him to give up the lucrative assignments of Calcutta and decide to finally move to Rabindranath Tagore’s Asram in March 1920 for good at the latter’s invitation. In Rabindranath Tagore, he found an ally who gave him the freedom to develop as he wanted; to learn, to experiment and discover himself. Nandalal Bose had accompanied the poet in the latter’s visit to China in 1924.