Eleven-year-old Sridhar was fascinated by light. Growing up among a dozen
siblings in a mud cottage in Chandannagar inWest Bengal, he longed to create
something beautiful.A school drop-out who never studied beyond Class Eight,
he taught himself about lights and electricity by doing odd jobs at an electrician's
shop-an act that earned him a severe beating from his father. In spite of his
family's opposition, he grew up to become a celebrated light artist and inventor,
setting new standards for festival lighting and pioneering new techniques.
Sridhar Das's work was exhibited internationally, to great acclaim, from the Festival
of India in Russia to Ireland, LosAngeles and Malaysia. For theThames Festival in
London, he created the famous three-dimensional illuminated peacock boat.
This is his story, poignantly told by his granddaughter, Samragngi Roy. It takes us
back to a vanished time, and introduces us to a man who pursued his dreams and
created a new field through sheer determination.
But fame and hard work took a toll on Sridhar, and those closest to him. His
wife had to combat illness and loneliness to take care of the family, leaving her
husband free to forge his chosen path, and his daughter grew up with her famous
father largely absent.This is also the story of his family, an unflinching exploration
of the price that was paid for his meteoric rise. It is both a nuanced portrait of a
complex man and an affectionate tribute to a beloved grandfather.
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