CONTENTS Foreword and Acknowledgements 6 Contributors 8 Introduction 10 Crossing Borders: Contemporary Folk and Tribal Artists in India Jyotindra Jain 12 Of Gods, Heroes and Kings: Illustrated Manuscripts from Assam Samran Boruah 28 Painting with Intent: History and Variety in an Indian Painting Tradition T. Richard Blurton 44 What's New in Pata Painting? Kavita Singh 62 Jamini Roy and the Folk Art Paradigm Sona Datta 80 The Kavad Phenomenon of Rajasthan: A Lesser-known Folk Tradition Nina Sabnani 92 Transfixed by the Arrow of Time: Phad Paintings of Rajasthan Kavita Singh 108 Ora'- Theatrical and Performative Dimensions of a Painted Scroll from Telengana Kirtana Thangavelu 126 Tne Ramayana:Two 19th-century Canopies from Coastal Andhra in the Victoria and Albert Museum Anna L. Dallapiccola 138 Aspects of South Indian Manuscript Paintings: Three Paintings in the Victoria and Albert Museum Rosemary Crill 156 Minakshi's Wedding: Painting the Sacred Marriage in Early Modern Madurai Crispin Bran foot 172 Reconsidering the Ramayana Murals: Paintings at the Mattancheri Palace Mary Beth Heston 190 Map 206 Glossary 207 Index 210