CONTENTS: Foreword by Supriya Banerjee, Galerie 88, Editor's note and acknowledgements by Tapati Guha-Thakurta, SECTION 1: Meera Mukherjee: her life and work, Tapati Guha-Thakurta Meera Mukherjee: A Life Apart A Biographical essay, Adip Dutta, Thoughts Cost in Metal: A Creative Pathway-On the artist's working materials and methods, Through the Lens of Arun Ganguly-A photographer's insight on the artist at work, her way of life and her community of workers, 1978-1998, Sculpture gallery-Arun Ganguly's photographs of her works, 1993, 1995, SECTION 2 Meera Mukherjee: diaries, memoirs, remembrances, Translator's Introduction Sujaan Mukherjee-The Artist's Diaries Translated and annotated by Sujaan Mukherjee The Bastar Journal, 1960-61 Diary, 1970,Diaries, 1974, 1976, The Artist's Unpublished Reminiscences, A Visit to Japan, 1983, Casting Season, 1985-86, (From the Gallery Rasa archives), An Artist Every Breathing Moment Interview with Sandipan Bhattacharya publisher and close associated of Meera Mukherjee, Samik Bandyopadhyay-Meera Mukherjee: The Artist in her Studio beyond the Studio, An Art is Born in a village The Stitch-Painters of Dhankhet Vidyalaya Essay by Tapati Guha-Thakurta on Meera Mukherjee's Collaborative Kantha project. Interview with one of the kantha artists who worked with her, Bandana Lohar of Goalpara, Santiniketan, Sculptures in the Flow of Life (Prabahita Jibaner Bhaskarija-A Conversation between Adip Dutta and Tapati Guha-Thakurta, Back Pages, On the Contributors, Artist Timeline.