Rare and first edition books, magazines, and comics are a vital part of a nation’s heritage. They are irreplaceable cultural repositories, offering an authentic, tangible connection to the ideas, aesthetics, and spirit of the eras in which they were created.
Sumant Batra’s magnificent private library is a treasure trove of South Asian heritage. His meticulously curated collection spans rare books, seminal first editions, and out-of-print periodicals, newspapers, comics, and journals. This vast archive is more than a personal passion; it is a living museum that preserves the intellectual and popular print history of the subcontinent, safeguarding its narratives for future scholars and generations.
Sumant Batra is the Founder and Managing Trustee of Indian Cinema Heritage Foundation. Indian Cinema Heritage Foundation is a public charitable trust set up to establish and operate Indian cinema heritage museum, archive, library, research and resource centre, and cultural spaces. The Foundation undertakes preservation, restoration and conservation of cinema and related memorabilia, artefacts, equipment, books, magazines, other material related to cinema history and heritage. It also undertakes research and documentation of the history and heritage of Indian cinema and its people, and preserve the legacy of the people who have contributed to Indian cinema. The Foundation is documenting the contribution of artists and technicians from Goa to Indian cinema.
For more details, visit www.cinemaazi.com/ichf
