Contents
1. The Joy of Creation – Pandit Ravi Shankar
2. The Quest for Immortality – L. Subramaniam
3. The Culture Tree – Pandit Ravi Shankar and Yehudi Menuhin
4. Interpreting Greatness – Zubin Mehta
5. A Musical Pilgrimage – Amjad Ali Khan
6. Beyond the Ego – Leela Samson
7. The Search for Oneself – Mrinalini Sarabhai
8. A Peep into the Unknown – Sonal Mansingh
Impressions: Painters/Sculptors
9. A Conscious Suffering – Amarnath Sehgal
10. The Artist’s Struggle – Anjolie Ela Menon
11. The Unquenchable Thirst – Arpana Caur
12. Stretching the Boundaries – Satish Gujral
13. The Hidden Form – K. S. Radhakrishnan
Expressions: Theatre/Films/Playwrights
14. The Critical Reality in Theatre – Habib Tanvir
15. The Accidental Filmmaker– Mrinal Sen
16. A Social Chronicler – Adoor Gopalakrishnan
17. Writing in Conflict – Nadine Gordimer
18. Poet as Discoverer – Stephen Spender
19. The Voice of the People – Mahasweta Devi
20. The Profound Confession – U. R. Ananthamurthy
21. The Writer in Exile – Ved Mehta
22. Relighting the Sun – Gulzar
23. Opening the Window – Sitakant Mahapatra