The poster pictured here at the entrance to the cultural center is a memorial image for Jyoti Basu, Chief Minister of West Bengal and one of the most influencial leaders of the Indian Communist Party. The cultural center where the U.S.-India Arts & Culture Exchange exhibition was mounted, Muktodhara, Banga Sanskriti Bhavan, in New Delhi was founded by a group of West Bengal community activists--in fact, much of the money for the center came from the West Bengal government. Basu died while I was in India. His death inspired memorials and sparked civil unrest in parts of India.
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