Even as the balance of power shifts from the West to the East, the relationship between India and China becomes increasingly significant. It is a relationship that will determine to a large extent the political and economic landscape of not only Asia but of the world as a whole. Yet, it is a relationship fraught with ambiguities and mistrust.

It is time then to examine the mutual points of convergence and difference. This volume of essays, photographs and illustrations attempts to do just that, creating a kaleidoscope of responses to two ancient civilizations learning to cope with the pulls and pressures of modernity and with each other.