Osian's Auction Catalogue India The Passionate Detachment | February 2001

9 To the Inaugural Authentication Committee Members: Kekoo Gandhy, Ganesh Haloi, Dr.Prakash Kejariwal, Dr.Mukand Lath, Prof.Ratan Parimoo, Dr.Pranabranjan Ray, thank you and I hope we can debate with objectivity for a long time to come, bringing others to strengthen the process. To Kayan Marshall & Saloni Ghuwalewala, thank you for your expertise and support. To the experts and advisors who will hopefully help Osian’s keep balance with joy and efficiency, to grow with wisdom: Kumarmangalam Birla, Kito de Boer, Lord Prof.Meghnad Desai, Romi Chopra, Dr.Jyotindra Jain, Sangita Kathiwada, Romi Khosla, Dr.Mukand Lath, Kiran Nadar, Shirin Paul, Anupam ‘Tinnu’ Puri, Prof.S.Settar, Bipin Shah, Martand Singh, Patwant Singh, Sharmila Tagore, Karan Trehan and Prof.Kirti Trivedi. To Amitabha Banerjee, Rameshwar & Vasundhara Tewari Broota, Milburn Cherian, Biren De, Meena Deora, Shyamal Dutta Ray, Ganesh Haloi, Naina Kanodia, Wasim Kapoor, Anjolie Ela Menon, Surendran Nair, Jayant Parikh, Ratan Parimoo, Gieve Patel, Sudhir Patwardhan, A.Ramachandran, Rekha Rodwittiya, Jehangir Sabavala, Lalu Prasad Shaw, Anupam Sud, Jai Zharotia, thank you for your help. To Sangita Kathiwada & all at Melangé, especially Kosha, Sucheta & Leanne. To Mukand, Nirja, Abhijit & Reena Lath, & all at Aakar Prakar. To Prakash & Soumitra Kejariwal, & all at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, especially Lalu & Tapas. To Ashish Anand & all at Delhi Art Gallery, especially Mrs. Mehta, Tara, Vijay & Mukhia. To Kekoo, Khorshed & Shireen Gandhy & all at Gallery Chemould, especially Ashok, Ashley & Chintamoni. To Jagdish & Kamla Mittal, and may your dream of the Museum grow further. To Sidheshwar Dayal & all at LTG Gallery. To Sharan Apparao & her ladies at Apparao Galleries. To Rajiv, Sanjeev & G.C.Jain, and all at R.S.Books & Prints. To Siddharth & Meena Tagore, and all at Art Konsult. To Nalin Tomar & Mahjit Singh, and all at Krishna at Chaupal, especially Shanti. To Dolly Narang & all at The Village Gallery. To Pheroza Godrej & all at Cymroza Art Gallery. To Geeta Raheja & all at Fine Art Company. To Niyatee Shinde & all at The Birla Academy for Art & Culture (Mumbai). To Rakesh Sahni, Bobby Kohli, Deepak Jain, K.D.Aryan, Asha Kumar, Gautam Parekh, Maureen Liebl & S.K.Misra, thank you. To Nikita Badheka, Aleef Fazulbhoy, Porus Kaka, Raian Karanjawala and Gautam Parekh for your professional support and advice. To Sen Kapadia and his team, especially Manoj Parmar & Rakesh, thank you for trying your best in setting up Osian’s first office. To Kirti Trivedi, Muktha Hiremath, Bipin Shah, Pankaj, Ashwin & Ketan Mehta and the team at Reproscan, Pragati Art Printers & Jak Printers, thank you once again. To HEART, thank you for taking the first bold steps. I hope we can support your future efforts with integrity in years to come. Lastly, to the mediocrity and corruption in the system, for making me realise again and again how deep rooted you are, and how much stronger we need to become to uproot you. To see the rapid way you sap our energies, making a scapegoat here to save an antelope there,… so be it, fair enough, only the quiet smile will emerge, humour will outlast all, courage is constant, progress inevitable.