‘One life is not enough’, says Jatin Das

The best way a daughter can celebrate her birthday is with the warmth of colour, and if she happens to be a painter’s daughter then it is colours, canvas and a paint brush. Jatin Das celebrated his daughter Nandita Das's birthday is by showcasing 60 years of his work to the world. “There is never enough time to sieve through 60 years of work and so it was a real challenge”. It is in a true sense a celebration of Jatin Das’s 82 years of a glorious, eventful and envious life: a retrospective that Das says was “long overdue”. “A solitary wanderer” as NGMA Director, Temsunaro Jamir Tripathi, describes Das, “his creative genius…timeless and relevant….Jatin Das paints the world through the lens of his unique perception, crafting masterpieces that dance to his own rhythm.” Words that ring true and enough to send one to the National Museum of Modern Art to see the Retrospective which is on till January 7.