On a warm evening, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) Bengaluru painted a different sight. An unusual number of visitors had descended on the premier art space in the city rupturing its usual silence. The compere of the evening, wearing a surprised expression on his face, quipped on the stage, it is either Navina or The International Music and Arts Society. The latter had brought Navina Najat Haidar, the curator who is credited with the turn around of the Islamic art galleries at the the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York to speak about “Sultans of Deccan India, "Sultans of Deccan India, 1500-1700: Opulence and Fantasy, Perspectives from the Metropolitan Museum's 2015 Exhibition. Laced with stories and anecdotes, Navina’s lecture evoked a range of emotions.

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