Tag Archives: Jonathan Yamakami

A Designer’s Journey: I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail

By admin | Published: February 13, 2012

Tara’s outgoing resident designer Jonathan Yamakami reflects upon the creative journey he embarked upon when working on ‘I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail’. A 17th century English ‘trick’ poem, Tara’s version is illustrated by artist Ramsingh Urveti from India’s Gond tribe. 25 people like this post. Like Unlike

Posted in Behind the scenes, Books, General, Tara Ethos | Also tagged book craft, Book Design Process, Book fair, books, Chennai, Designer, Dummy Books, Folk Art, Frankfurt Book Fair, Gabrielle Manglou, gond art, graphic design, I saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail, independent publishers, india, Katsumi Komagata, literature, Madhya Pradesh, marion bataille, Namida, One Stroke, publishing, Ramsingh Urveti, Rhode Island School of Design, RISD, Tara Books | 7 Responses

Sita’s Ramayana: The Many Lives of a Text

By admin | Published: December 5, 2011

In the aftermath of Delhi University’s decision to ban A K Ramanujan’s essay discussing disparate versions of The Ramayana, Tara publisher V.Geetha reflects upon the many lives of the text, and in particular our recently published retelling of the great epic from the female point of view, Sita’s Ramayana. 5 people like this post. Like [...]

Posted in Behind the scenes, Books, Events, Gender, Tara Ethos, Workshops | Also tagged A K Ramanujan, books, Chennai, Feminist re-tellings, Folk Art, Gender, independent publishers, india, literature, mahabharata, Medinipur, Moyna Chitrakar, Orijit Sen, Patua Art, publishing, Ramayana, samhita arni, Sita's Ramayana, Tara Books, the mahabharatha: a child's view, Three Hundred Ramayanas, V.Geetha, West Bengal | 8 Responses

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