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Portrait of an artist: Ila Pal pens MF Husain's biography

A particular interest of Ila Pal's new novel, Portrait of an Artist, lies in the long sections in Husain's voice.

Based on extensive conversations between M.F. Husain and Ila Pal, who first met him in 1961 as a young artist, this biography's value lies in the material that the author has access to, as well

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