Suraj Ghai, like any serious artist, is a product of his time. Born in Peshawar, he was 13 when India was partitioned in 1947. The family settled in Delhi as displaced persons where his doctor father hoped Suraj would become an engineer. After a half-hearted attempt at intermediate Science, he got admission to Delhi Polytechnic’s art department. He had found his passion; art was all that mattered to him. He was lucky to find a mentor in the peerless Sailoz Mookherjea, artist and bohem