Art Worlds: India
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Feroze Gujral, one of India's leading art philanthropists, speaks to us about steering the Gujral Foundation and striking a balance between supporting artists at home and working on projects internationally. In a country with limited government art funding and nothing that comes close to the UK’s Arts Council, private initiatives take up the slack. Feroze talks candidly about fitting the arts into India’s wider political agenda and establishing their value when humanitarian disasters are, rightly, at the forefront of the country’s concerns.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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