Seen the rumour? He is inspired technology, yet Sanjeev Khandekar likes to stand aside and brood: Is technology The Truth or Rumour of the Truth? SANJEEV Khan­dekar draws con­stant inspiration from science and technology. But Rumour of the Truth it is, as technoc­racy, which is on its way to establish itself in the world, does not seem to have the answers to the fundamen­tal philosophical ques­tions. So, he has called this exhibition of watercolours Rumour of the Truth. The euphoria associated with the present science and technological innova­tions may be just another epoch like that, which fol­lowed Darwin's Theory of Evolution or Einstein's Theory of Relativity, Khan­dekar says. We think the technological epoch may be The Truth, but it may be also be a rumour only, like the ones before it. Too complicated, you think? But according to him, "fossilisation'."{of ideas) happens in an artist's mind faster - "does not require two million years." Fossilisation is the process of putting a new idea or ideas in context of time and space. It is also accompanied by the artist's urge to leave behind traces of one's life for posterity, he says. So, are his works anti-technology? No stance tak­en. But an artist is not cyni­cal, he clarifies immediate­ly, nor is an artist confused. "A scientist and an artist follow two different paths -voyages." Science and art have always been together, he adds. For example, the appearance of DNA in sur­realist Salvador Dali's paintings and in the works of Leonardo Da Vinci. According to Khandekar it is a challenge to abandon language (symbols recog­nised by all) and communi­cate with one's own idiom that suits all that are left unsaid and undiscussed. "I sit and watch some paintings for hours," he says. "It's not odd. It's like listening to music for hours or re-reading a novel, which most people do." Some colours are very dubious to him. They ass­ume new meanings with every new layer. His eyes light up with excitement as he shows a tiny speck of ochre in a corner of his work titled 24 Hours Music: Radio FM. That was the one and the origi­nal colour with which he started the painting. Soon red appeared and started to dominate. But ultimate­ly, a shade of brown re­igned. He smiles absently.