Unlike most books on Indian art and aesthetics which emphasize the ?glorious past? of the classical traditions, Towards Ananda is centred on the present and the future?on contemporary art and its place in the emerging global art world. The author explores ancient theories of aesthetics in the light of contemporary challenges, and journeys across the country to distil the complex forces which have shaped Indian aesthetics. He also gives us an overview of Western ideologies and art movements, and their conflict with Eastern perspectives. In the course of the narrative, he illustrates the application of the aesthetic values of balance, rhythm, harmony and proportionality in art?as also in economics, development strategies, health, education, city planning, architecture, and product design. Though the primary focus is India, the issues discussed, of purpose and practice, content and context, market forces and institutions, extend to all societies that are becoming homogenized by globalization.     A book that engages the reader both intellectually and emotionally, Towards Ananda is a seamless chain of ideas about the production and consumption of art in modern times. As an insider?s view of the art world, it offers valuable insights into how artists see, think and work And since art can never be separate from the experience of reality, it is also a provocative commentary on the state and society that we are a part of.

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Shakti Maira

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A candid recreation of one of the most influential lives of recent times, Mohandas finally answers questions long asked about the timid youth from India s west coast who became a century s conscience and led his nation to liberty: What was Gandhi like in his daily life and in his closest relationships? In his face-offs with an Empire, with his own bitterly divided people, with his adversaries, his family and his greatest confrontation with himself? Answering these and other questions, and releasing the true Gandhi from his shroud of fame and myth, Mohandas, authored by a practised biographer who is also Gandhi s grandson, does more than tell a story.  With its sweep, its swings between glory and tragedy, the profusion and richness of its characters and the stamina and resilience of the chief among them Mohandas tells the great history of an Asian nation s interaction with a European empire. But this historical account addresses today s issues as well. After the violence the world has witnessed in recent times in Bombay and in Gujarat, in New York and Washington, the American attacks that followed in Afghanistan and Iraq and the horrors of the conflict involving Lebanon and Israel the world awaits the reconciliation between Muslims and non-Muslims which constituted one of the compelling passions of Gandhi s life.

Mohandas: A True Story of a Man, His People and An Empire

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