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Kumar was often compared with Borges. By none other that a man of letters, R.P.Gupta. Gupta himself was a bibliophile and spent all his spare time with books. Gupta in his book ‘Stan Kal Patra’, literally translated meaning, Time Manner Place or A place in time, gave an instance of Kumar’s involvement with books.

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In Calcutta, the Daniells, Thomas and his nephew Williams were well known. Subho Tagore, particularly promoted them. He had a large collection of their work and they became the main characters in the center of the stage. The Victoria Memorial also housed The Daniells and there were frequent exhibition of their works. The Daniells were a household word.That Kumar was to add the large elephantine folio to the collection of the Memorial, at a much latter date, is another story.

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