Alka Pande is consultant, arts advisor and curator at Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre in New Delhi. A recipient of the Chevaliers dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Letters Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters – from the French Government, Alka has authored several books on art and art history. Prominent ones are Ardhnarishvara, the Androgyne: Probing the Gender Within, Masterpieces of Indian Art, Indian Erotica, From Mustard Field to Disco Lights, and Mukhwas: Indian Food through the Ages.
