[Reader-list] Sultan, Sotheby's, Ganja, Primordial Man, Bengal

[Naeem Mohaiemen]

Last week was 13th anniversay of the death of S M Sultan. Sultan's
paintings may be sold at Sotheby's in London today but for the people
of rural Norail, the guru entered folk legend more than half a century
ago. They tell us that animals were drawn to him, that he could
converse with them, that hundreds of his works are scattered all over
the world in all manner of places, given away as gifts, that he cared
not for fame or material wealth, choosing to travel from village to
village, country to country, returning at last to his source.

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