The Tale of Lavangalatika

Once upon a time, in a land far away, lived a young damsel. Her childhood replete with the simple pleasure and joy of being surrounded by people who loved her, and by the flora and fauna she herself loved so dearly. Although she is no princess, The Tale of Lavangalatika is surely a fairytale woven around the life of this very damsel. This tale has many ‘bad’ people as ‘good’ ones. These bad people, true to their nature, love to torment Lavangalatika. And, to relieve of these sorrows Swapan Kumar shows her the way to ‘happy’ dreams. The omnipotent Kalibaush presents her Magic Disc and Bangoma and Bangomi shower upon her much good advice. All these gifts naturally provide much succour and strength to Lavangalatika, but the real conviction comes from within her own self. Thus it is that the naïve, wretched girl succeeds in shattering the shackles of misery that had once held her in its throes; she stands firmly on her own feet and picks up her Wand of Life – she begins to write her Autophilosophy. In truth, it is the cry of all of womamkind. Eventually, Lavangalatika even picks up the Wand of Death of her own accord – and she flies to the safe and secure haven of the loved ones, her dear ones from her childhood, who she had yearned for, longed for.

MIMI RADHAKRISHNAN 

Born in Kolkata on the 29th of August 1955, she spent her early years in the same city, followed by  Santineketan. Her scholastic training has been entirely in the field of fine arts. She studied print-making  under the guidance of Sri Somnath Hore, followed by Masters at Baroda under Sri K. G. Subramanyan. The  few fellowships awards she received are all in the field of art. 

A humanist, liberal, self-professed environmentalist and an ardent animal lover, she has her own studio in  Delhi, where she paints. She has lived in Delhi with her husband, son and pet cats for over thirty years.