The London Jungle Book - Bhajju Shyam, Gita Wolf, Sirish Rao

The London Jungle Book by Bhajju Shyam, with Gita Wolf and Sirish Rao / ISBN 9788192317120 / 48-page hardback, 8.5 x 11 inches, offset printing / published by Tara Books *** Bhajju Shyam – a brilliant artist from the Gond tribe in central India – was commissioned to paint the walls of an Indian restaurant in London, and spent two months in the city. The book that emerged from the journey is a visual travelogue of his first encounter with a western metropolis. With radical innocence and great sophistication, Bhajju brings the signs of the Gond forest to bear on the city, turning London into an exotic jungle..