There’s some good news, if you are looking for some on a Monday morning. India’s rich canvas of art forms, weaves and craft seems to have found a terrific platform to showcase its depth in all its vibrant glory.

There was a time, not so long ago, when Indian folk and fairy tale storybooks carried illustrations that featured less-than-representative (read: assembly line, boring, life-less) depictions of the landscape, its people, culture and colours — these were nowhere similar to its area of origin. Readers, be it the parent or teacher of the child, or the child, had to make do with these insipid representations of characters and scale that was presented to them. And then, there were cases where non-Indian illustrators were roped in to do the needful – call it lack of support for inbred talent, or the mindless aping of all things Western; justice didn’t seem to be done to these simple, practical lessons from Indian history, life and culture.