The meetings with Husain and Mother Teresa happened while Rai was still finding his footing as a young photographer, moving between newsroom assignments and field postings, according to the biography, "Raghu Rai: Waiting for the Divine" by Rachna Singh

That’s what our city’s artists are asking on hearing about the R167-crore auction of Raja Ravi Varma’s Yashoda and Krishna. Mega art deals may bring global attention to the desi art market, but they’ve made very little difference for the starving artist on ground