This refers to Barun Roy's column "India's great artistic divide" (Asia File, January 23). History and culture have shown us that only good and stable time has the potential to bring out the best of arts. There are many examples in India - the Taj Mahal, Qutub Minar, Ajanta Ellora caves, Gopurams of south Indian temples and many more. Like China, we have our valuable heritage to look at and promote. For promoting contemporary art linked to our heritage, we need a dynamic policy to represent our diversity of culture through the modern digital media to the world. We also need Indian museums to come out of preservation mode and get into promotion mode. A change in the museums' management attitude could definitely bring a turnaround in our image around the world.
Dushyant Nathwani Vadodara
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