This is one of two songs in our collection by Kabir the well-known fifteenth-century "weaver poet", whose works circulated widely and survive in often variant forms in later manuscripts. In his life and subsequent reputation, Kabir was influential…

Thischoukopata (square scroll) was painted by Rupjan Chitrakar, Dukhushyam's grand-daughter and one of the artists from the youngest generation of scroll painters in Naya. Here we see Rupjan focusing on the figure of Kabir in meditation.

Graphic artist Debkumar Mitra makes vivid the dark symbolism of Kabir's poem and its criticism of greed.