Abstract
Indian writers and art historians such as Rabindranath Tagore, A. K. Coomaraswamy, K. G. Subramanyan, and Geeta Kapur, like their Western counterparts, have long debated the function of art.1 The divisiveness of the discourse, however, that has evolved around the hierarchical distinction between “low” folk or craft art and “high” fine art in the West has not caused the same type of rancor in India. The Indian world view is expansive and inclusive; it does not call for sameness, conformity, or even equality. There is a reason and a place for everything.
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