I'm always overwhelmed again and again at how beautiful Mumbai is, what a wonderful walking city with its victorian gothic stone arched buildings, victorian cottage carved wooden balconies and details, wide shady sidewalks shaded by enormous trees and arcaded shady sidewalks lined with booksellers and sellers of all sorts of things. I've had several amazing interviews with artists in these last three days and if my Fulbright research ended her it would probably enough, but I have many months to go. On one totally serindipitious encounter I found out that the "Picasso of Sri Lanka" was having a show nearby and he was in the gallery. Part of my project is to research contemporary art in Sri Lanka so this was a great head start. I made a short interview with him in the gallery and then we arranged to meet in Colombo when I'm there in a few weeks. Today is my last day here then I head to Kerala, another part of India I love and have visited before, to interview the sculptor Rimzon, visit the college he is principle of, and to visit a new artist residency in Kochin.
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