Against the Current: The Life of Lain Singh Bangdel; Writer, Painter and Art Historian of Nepal. The Nepalese painter Lain Singh Bangdel (1919-2002) was also a notable novelist and art historian. This referenced study traces the course of his life in India, Paris, London, and from 1961 back in Kathmandu, analyses his oeuvre and assesses his role as "Father" of modern art in Nepal. With black and white photographs, colour plates, timeline, annotations and index.