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His 2020 Vision

SOUTH MUMBAI’s artsy cafes aren’t for Sudhir Patwardhan. He prefers the modest canteen at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) for his evening cuppa. Outside, labourers busy themselves with roadwork. You can smell his milky brew, but also their toil. This is precisely the kind of Mumbai Patwardhan has devoted his life to capturing.

We meet a day after the city, his beloved muse, has witnessed massive demonstrations. The Citizens (Amendment) Bill has just

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