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Born March 12, 1954 (age 70) • Mumbai • India
Awards And Honors Praemium Imperiale (2011) • Turner Prize (1991)
Notable Works “1000 Names” • “Cloud Gate” • “Marsyas” • “Sky Mirror”

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