Artist in seclusion: My studio is like a temple for me, says Paresh Maity

These are dark times but a beautiful new light will shine on the universe, Maity tells Pavan Lall

It’s a dusky afternoon in New Delhi in the middle of the week and I am having coffee with artist Paresh Maity over, what else, a video call. The less than optimal internet connection eventually settles down and I can see Maity.
 
He’s known to normally sport a beret but is wearing a Nepali hat today, paired with a striped black-and-white t-shirt that looks like a Jean Paul Gaultier design. In the background, I spot vintage Kolkata Colonial-era furniture in Burma teak, and large mirrors. Maity is at his Greater Kailash home, sipping on his milk-less cup of ginger