Passion for ancient art form, especially tribal art, their life & culture of different provinces of India always accompanied him as splash and swish of oars accompany the boat man, has been holding his hand like an affectionate father and guided him to places to see and collect or take photographs of naive creations. Not being a student of art or art history not having any formal training in social or cultural anthropology he had to roam around the periphery of the subject with a desire to penetrate to the core.