CONTENTS
PROLOGUE 07
THE MOULDING OF THE MUSE 13
1. Bharat Bhavan and the Art vs. Ethnography Discourse 13
II. Jangarh's 'Discovery' 16
III. Multiple Mediations and the 'Secularising' Processes in Jangarh's Work 19
IV. Visualising his Gods 22
V. Printmaking 27
VI. Jangarh, Theatre and Music 32
VII. The Vidhan Bhavan Mural Project (1996) and the Consolidation of the Pardhan Idiom of Painting 36
VIII. The Narrative Turn 48
IX. Retrieving the World Left Behind: A Place from Where to Speak 67
X. A Conjuror's Archive 73
TRAPPED IN CROSSING 113
I.J angarh's Letter to his Mother 114
II. Jangarh's Letter to his Wife, Nankushiya 118
III. The Letter from the Mithila Museum, Japan 127
AFTERWORD
I. Ram Singh U rveti 131
II. Anand Shyam 132
III. Bhajju Shyam 135
IV. Narmada Prasad Tekam 137
V. Mayank Shyam 143
VI. Dileep Shyam 143
BIBLIOGRAPHY 144
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 147