Vikram Zutshi and Debashish Banerji

Vikram Zutshi and Debashish Banerji return to Spirit Matters, this time together, to discuss their film “Darshan: The Living Art of India,” a documentary about India’s folk art traditions. Vikram is a filmmaker, journalist and independent scholar who divides his time between the US, Mexico, and South East Asia. After graduating from UCLA, he worked initially as development executive at various studios, then in film and TV production before transitioning into directing. His debut feature was “Max Kennedy and the American Dream” and his most recent is “Darshan.” A prolific writer on art, religion, cinema, popular culture, and politics he has been featured in numerous publications and is currently working on a nonfiction book and his first novel. Debashish is the Haridas Chaudhuri Professor of Indian Philosophies and Cultures and the Doshi Professor of Asian Art at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), San Francisco. He is the co-founder and Executive Director of Nalanda International and founder/President of the Center for Promotion of Indian Sacred Culture. He has authored and edited books and art catalogs on major figures such as Rabindranath Tagore and Sri Aurobindo. His most recent books are Meditations on the Isha Upanishad and Integral Yoga Psychology. He wrote and produced “Darshan.” We spoke about the content of the film, the making of the film, and the larger topic of devotional arts in India. Learn more about Vikram Zutshi here, and about Debashish Banerji here.