Professor Mallica Kumbera Landrus is Keeper of the Eastern Art Department in the Ashmolean Museum, where the collections span more than 5,000 years of cultural and artistic development, from across Asia and parts of Africa. Her curatorial responsibilities are mainly in Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian art.

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Professor Mallica Kumbera Landrus is Keeper of the Eastern Art Department in the Ashmolean Museum, where the collections span more than 5,000 years of cultural and artistic development, from across Asia and parts of Africa. Her curatorial responsibilities are mainly in Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian art.

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• 5 DIRECTOR’S FOREWORDXa Sturgis7 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS9 INTRODUCTION13 CLIMATE CULTURE CARE14 IN A TIMELESS SWEET LAND17 RESENSITIZING THE BROWN NARRATIVE18 WHERE EVERY LEAF HOLDS A TALE52 SHE CARRIES THE RIVER IN HER SKIN60 WHO CARRIES WHOM?74 BETWEEN THE SEA AND THE SKY, WHO HOLDS THE GROUND?95 IN CONVERSATION110 SELECTED REFERENCES