CONTENTS FOREWORD 5 INTRODUCTION 6 CONVERSATIONS WITH INDIAN CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS VISIBLE INVISIBLE ALWAR BALASUBRAMAN1AM 8 RAZOR'S EDGE: ANANDAJIT RAY 18 PRIVATE SELF: ANJU DODIYA 28 PAINTER'S PAINTER: ATUL DODIYA 38 SOURCE CODES: BAUD PARTH AN 48 AGENT PROVOCATEUR: BHARTI KHER 58 PRIVATE LAMENT: CH1TTROVANU MAZUMDAR 68 BEYOND KITSCH: G. RAV1NDER REDDY 80 UNHEARD SOUND: 1RANNA GR 90 CONTEMPORARY MYTHOLOGIES: JAGANNATH PANDA 100 SELF DISCOVERY: JITISH KALLAT 110 UTOPIAN VISION: JYOTHI BASU 120 BY DESIGN: BOSE KRJSHNAMACHAR 130 SANS ANALYSIS: NATARAJ SHARMA 140 PAST PRESENT: NS HARSHA 150 EUCLIDEAN VISION: R. PALANIAPPAN 160 APOCALYPSE NOW: SHJBU NATESAN 170 GLOBAL LOCAL: SUBODH GUPTA 178 UNSTEADY EQUILIBRIUM: SUDARSHAN SHETTY 188 FREEZE FRAME:TV SANTHOSH 198 MILESTONES 208 BIBLIOGRAPHY 212 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 214