Amarnath Sehgal’s mammoth bronze mural, 40ft x 140ft, depicting rural life in India, had adorned the lobby at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi for two decades, but was pulled down one day. The remnants of the sculpture were consigned to a storeroom. Sehgal dragged the Government of India to court. A
My maternal grandfather turned grey overnight, my mother tells me. She was 13 then. She saw her father quietly retire to bed with a black beard. Next morning, it was white.