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100			_aKumar, Amitava
245			_aThe blue book : a writer's journal
260			_bHarperCollins Publishers India, _c2022 _aGurugram :
300			_axiv, 153 p. ; _bill., (Chifly col.), portraits, _c21 cm
365			_b699.00 _c₹ _d01
520			_aIn those terrible days of the lockdown during the pandemic, we were all waiting. We were waiting for things to be all right. And one day, they will indeed be all right. But the dead will never come back. The businesses that have closed and will not reopen; the dreams dashed; the families and relationships that could not withstand the strain. This is why it is important to note down all the changes in our lives. Write them down in a journal. When we do that, we are recording our own history.’ Drawing as a way of keeping a diary, writing down thoughts in a journal as a way of maintaining a historical record – in watercolours and also in words. These were resources that Amitava Kumar had been using even before the pandemic arrived. But the task gained urgency just when he felt most isolated and afraid. The Blue Book is a writer’s artistic response to our present world: one that has bestowed upon us countless deaths from a virus, a flood of fake news, but also love in the face of loss, travels through diverse landscapes, and – if we care to notice – visions of blazing beauty. From one of the acclaimed and accomplished authors of our time, this writer’s journal is a panoramic portrait of the experience, both individual and collective, of the pandemic.
650			_aAuthors, English India
650			_aDrawing book
650			_aAnecdotes
650			_aPaintings
650			_aAuthors, Indic
650			_aKumar, Amitava, 1963-
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