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...tourists for the first time. Kumar believes that the current maharaja is all too aware that the palace's financial viability depends on making it a world-class attraction, and a museum is part of the package. The proliferation of new galleries, and the increasing profile of the art market, is forcing Indians to think about how they value the art of the past, present and future - and perhaps appreciate all of it more. More Indians are certainly being exposed to art than ever. "It's almost becoming like a way of life," says Mumbai painter Papri Bose...
...push to professionalize art in India is also shaking up the old guard. Pramod Kumar, associate director of the private collection of Ibrahim Alkazi, says the biggest change is a new effort to catalog old collections that have been gathering dust or simply deteriorating for years. Without rigorous record-keeping, it's impossible to set rational prices or establish the provenance of a piece for sale. "It gives a reference point," Kumar says. "What are the origins for whatever has come before...
...just the galleries that are finding a steady market in India. The auxiliary professions - everything from archivists, curators and critics to conservators and technicians for lighting and hanging - are also seeing growth. "At one point you couldn't find people who were doing restoration," says Priya Paul, who buys art both for herself and for her family's chain of boutique hotels. These days, she and some other collectors are allowing their collections to be used to help people who would otherwise have to seek training abroad. Paul recently worked with the staff of digital archive Tasveer Ghar...
...right. A different editorial method will engage a very different set of literary values. Imagine a world where publishing has two centers rather than one: a conventional literary center, governed by mainstream publishing - with its big names and fancy prizes and high-end art direction - and a new one where books rise to fame and prominence YouTube-style, in the rough and tumble of the great Web 2.0 mosh pit. The two centers will affect each other gravitationally and swap authors back and forth between them, but they're not likely to eat each other. With any luck, they...
...been a while since I used state-of-the-art technology to harass a neighbor. Readers of this column might recall how last fall, when I was locked in a race to build a better man cave than my friend's across the street, I abused my position as a consumer-electronics writer so I could invite my buddy Dorfman to come check out my magnificent new 65-in. laser-powered HDTV from Mitsubishi. Victory was mine, at least for the 15 days until I had to give the TV back...