This is the first volume of the proposed Annual Series of the ART AND CULTURE: Endeavours in Interpretation. The raison d'etre of this scheme is the absence of any regular publication in India devoted to everything of human concern (from gender studies to science and technology) in a series of volumes carrying matter that touch diverse disciplines set in conceptual framework, especially within the syndrome of values and social mores without confining the contents to a particular period or geographical area.
