Synopsis Thota Vaikuntam is a legend in contemporary Indian art. His dark and dusky beauties, the Telangana women, have become icons much loved and sought after by the connoisseurs, as are his pandits and other village folk. Besides his work as a painter, Vaikuntam has also worked on film set designs and with children. There is an interesting mix of tradition and contemporaneity in his work. Very few have had the chance to see some of his amazing charcoal drawings and etchings of the earlier period which feature in the book.

Who is Thota Vaikuntam? Where does his inspiration come from??This illustrated book, first of its kind on this much celebrated but hardly written about artist, is an attempt to tell the story of the man and his Telangana women, his encounters with destiny, which has brought him to the high pedestal where he is today. ??The book conceived and edited by Sushma Bahl, launches the Art Alive Masters Series and includes thoroughly researched articles and visuals featuring myriad aspects of the artist's eventful life and a few close-ups of the large and impressive body of his work.