CONTENTS: Introduction: New Persuasions in Contemporary Indian Art-Gayatri Sinha, Baiju Parthan: Prophesies in Pixels and Paint Conversation-Latika Gupta, Jayashree Chakraborty: Landscape in Time and Space Conversation-Adip Dutta, Surendran Nair: The Openness of Secrecy Conversation-Ranjiot Hoskote, Pushpamala N: Self in Stills, Conflict within the Frame Conversation-Parul Dave Mukherji, N N Rimzon: The Metaphor of Irony Conversation-R Nandakumar, Anita Dube: A Lover's Discourse Conversation-Deepali Dewan, Nataraj Sharma: Simulated Realities and Virtual Experience Convesation-Grant Watson, Atul Dodiya: Between the Baroque and the Minimal Conversation-Ranjit Hoskote, Sudarshan Shetty: Transforming Contemporary Scullpture Conversation-Vyjayanthi Rao, Bose Krishnamachari: History, Memory and Postmodern Pastiche Conversation-Arshiya Lokhandwala, Anju Dodiya: Beauty's Dark Underside Conversation-Nancy Adajania, Subodh Gupta: Object World Conversation-Gayatri Sinha, Shibu Natesan: Reading the Contemporary Moment Conversation-Deeksha Nath, T V Santhosh: Between the Satanic Verses and the Axis of Evil Conversation-Shaheen Merali, N S Harsha: The Making of Good Things Conversation-Sharmini Pereira, Bharti Kher: Of Monsters, Misfits, and the Biggest Heart in the World Conversation-Nancy Adajania, Jagannath Panda: Negotiating Shifting Ground Conversation-Brinda Kumar4, Riyas Komu: The Seeker's Mind Conversation-Ullekh N P, Jitish Kallat: Guilt Gilded in Gold Conversation-Shaheen Merali, Shilpa Gupta: Tracing Figures of Absence Conversation-Sasha Altaf, Bibliographies, Artist Profiles, Contributors.