Sudhir Patwardhan: A Cartographer of Urban Anguish Born in Pune, India, in 1949, Sudhir Patwardhan’s artistic journey is as layered and complex as the cityscapes he so powerfully portrays. His life, inextricably linked to both the precision of medicine and the raw emotion of art, has shaped a body of work that offers a poignant reflection on contemporary Indian society – specifically, the struggles faced by its urban middle class and impoverished populations. It’s a fascinating duality: a man who spent decades diagnosing ailments with X-rays now translating the silent suffering of a nation…