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The article offers information on the career of abstract artist Arpita Singh. It says that the artist began on being an abstract artist and switch on being a painter of folklore scenes showing the daily life in Bengal, India. It states that her works reflects the sectarian wars in India and the violence against women. It mentions that the artist joins in the watercolor show where in she displays his works.

MUMBAI -- When terrorists stormed this city nearly two years ago, killing at least 163 people, they also dealt a blow to the Taj Mahal Palace hotel, an architectural landmark that has played a critical role in nurturing and housing Indian art. During a three-day siege the hotel, a Moorish-Florentine palace that opened in 1903, was ravaged by fires, gunshots and grenade explosions. The roof collapsed, and intricate woodwork was burned away. Paintings by modern Indian masters like Vasudeo S. Gaitonde and Jehangir Sabavala were covered in soot and fungus, which thrived in the humid air after air-conditioners gave out, and sprinklers and fire trucks doused the building with water. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews Indian films such as 'I Have Found It' directed by Rajiv Menon and 'The Braveheart Will Take the Bride.' Characteristics common to most Indian musicals; Role of Indian actors such as Aishwarya Rai and Shah Rukh Khan; How the films offer a satirical view of the conventions of Indian popular cinema; Consideration of the media focus on the Broadway opening of the stage musical 'Bombay Dreams' with songs by Radha Welt Vatsal.

Focuses on the art exhibition `Unknown India: Ritual Art in Tribe and Village,' which was conducted by Stella Kramrisch at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Pennsylvania. Art objects presented in the exhibit; Reading materials that give information on the Indian art; Background information on Kramrisch.