46 How have India’s buildings shaped up since the 1990s? Rahul Mehrotra takes Preeti Goel Sanghi on an architectural tour.

49 An African-American storyteller, a Bengali patua and an Italian designer put together a graphic novel that gives Subuhi Jiwani a culture shock.

INTERVIEW

52 Kamal Swaroop presents his two decade-long project on Dadasaheb Phalke. Abhay Sardesai leafs through his scrapbook.

LETTER FROM PAKISTAN

56 Quddus Mirza initiates a war of words with Englishlanguage art publications in Pakistan.

PUBLIC ART

77 An alien-looking Ambassador makes the people of Shillong sit up and take notice. Pranamita Borgohain marks the impact.

INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

78 Ranjit Hoskote turns the spotlight on India’s lesserknown artists at the 54th Venice Biennale. Meera Menezes approves of this new turn.

82 Meera Menezes finds the mood upbeat at Art Basel.

83 Zehra Jumabhoy wanders through Art Dubai and the Sharjah Biennial wondering whether Middle Eastern art is poised to take off.

INTERNATIONAL REVIEWS

86 Sonal Shah peeps into Gieve Patel’s Wells and comes away mesmerised but his Skulls leave her feeling hollow.

88 Subodh Gupta greets New Yorkers with A Glass of Water. Sonal Shah finds many meanings in his welcoming gesture.

90 How does the real speak to the virtual? Baiju Parthan’s response leaves Amit S. Rai bemused.

92 Is the dis-membered and re-membered body the site to locate South Asian diasporic identity? Elena Glasberg and Jasbir K. Puar ask of Chitra Ganesh’s work.