‘It is a great book: provocative, controversial and challenging. I hope everyone interested in Indian art will read it.’
— Satish Kumar, Editor, Resurgence
‘To integrate spirit and matter in an aesthetic presentation that opens the viewer to an integral moment is remarkable enough. But what is truly astonishing about Shakti’s work is the depth to which that intention is realized. Shakti is the finest integral artist now working in the fields of painting and sculpture.’
— Ken Wilber, author of The Eye of Spirit and A Theory of Everything
‘Maira sees the central purpose of art as a precious means of transcendence. This prophetic view will probably outlast the iconoclasm and faddism that defines art and aesthetics in contemporary India today.’
— Anjolie Ela Menon, artist
‘It is rare to have an opportunity to see both Indian and international art and aesthetics through the contemporary mind and experiences of a thinking and articulate artist.’
— From the foreword to the book by Kapila Vatsyayan
