Bulu Imam

Bulu Imam
Bulu Imam, Sanskriti, 2013
Born	(1942-08-31) 31 August 1942 (age 74) Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Environmentalist, writer
Known for	Tribal art and culture

Bulu Imam (born 31 August 1942) is an environmental activist working for the protection of tribal culture and heritage in Jharkhand. On 12 June 2012, he received the Gandhi International Peace Award, 2011 at the House of Lords in London. He is the grandson of Syed Hasan Imam, who was a leading Barrister and Judge of Calcutta High Court (1912–1916), and the President of the Indian National Congress (Bombay Session, 1918).

Since 1987, he has been the Convenor of INTACH Hazaribagh Chapter, and in 1991, discovered the first rockart of Jharkhand at Isco, and subsequently over dozen rockart site in the North Karanpura Valley. In 1993, he brought to light the Khovar (marriage) art, and then the Sohrai (harvest) murals painted on the walls of the mud houses of the Hazaribagh villages. He showed the connection between the region’s rockart and the painted village houses. By 1995, established the Sanskriti Museum & Art Gallery in Hazaribagh along with Tribal Women Artists Cooperative (TWAC) to promote the tribal art of the region, which has held over 50 international exhibitions of Khovar and Sohrai paintings in Australia, Europe, and UK. He is the author of the book Bridal Caves (INTACH, New Delhi, 1995); Antiquarian Remains of Jharkhand (Aryan Books International, New Delhi, 2014), written monographs on the tribes like Birhors and the Santhals. He has made several films on tribal art and culture of Jharkhand. He is a researcher and an authority in fields related to archaeology, tribal and rock art, vernacular folklore and history.

See: TWAC Exhibition List