Ranjan Kaul reviews "Portraits in Time" held recently at Bikaner House, New Delhi. Curated by Sonali Batra, the chronically arranged portraits in the show ranged from the formal restraint of aristocratic portraiture to the introspective exploration of identity. What the show clearly brought to the fore is the relevance of portraiture in today's age.

Arundhat Gupta reviews to recent solo exhibition, "Our Ashram . . . Santiniketan" held at Visual Arts Gallery, New Delhi. Her body of work includes vignettes of nature and habitat typical of Santiniketan -- the various activities of the local Santhals, birds, flora and fauna, monkeys, owls, cats and dogs.