#SatyajitRay100
Today May 2 2021 is 100th birth anniversary of Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray: “… The one thing I am very much interested in
is a loner – one person. Quite often in my stories you will see just one person
; he hasn't married, he doesn't have any children, he lives with his own
preoccupations … I have personally realised what loneliness is during most of
my life. … And often I feel, if I were asked ‘Who is your friend?' I would not
be able to name anyone … I am quite alone. Quite alone and I have become used
to it. At no time have I regretted the fact that I am alone, or that I lack friends.…”
“A vast sub-continent with one of the oldest and richest
traditions of art, music and literature, existed only to be ignored. That this
apathy should apply as much to Britain, which once ruled India, as to any other
western country is astonishing, but true. The fact is, the Colonised have,
willy-nilly, developed considerable interest in the Colonisers, never the other
way round. …Slighted for so long, India will not yield up her secretes to the
west so easily…”
Artist: Satyajit Ray