Rajat Das India/Singapore

Bio
Rajat Das invested a large part of his life designing and developing heuristic tools of learning before embarking on Paper Boat, a book he worked on for three decades. Set in East Bengal in the early 20th century, Paper Boat is penned in Uppanyaas, one of India’s vernacular traditions. The first-time author grew up in India and now lives in Singapore.


Who or what book would you like to snuggle UnderCovers with, and why?
"To answer the question Who, I am afraid I have no choice but to remain snuggled UnderCovers with the one who is under covers with me right now. You guessed it! And in so far as the book is concerned it has to be, unequivocally, The Masks of God by Joseph Campbell. It is a chef-d'oeuvre, a masterpiece, on the development of the human race; from early atavism to the modern religion."

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