Indian art has been so taken for granted and pushed under the carpet all these years that every stir on the hammer creates headlines.

Last year Tayeb Mehta's Mahisasura stunned the art world by becoming the first piece of modern Indian art to be sold for over a million dollars.

At Sotheby's Asia week today two more paintings by Raza and Tayeb Mehta have crossed the million-dollar mark.Falling Figure with Bird by Tyeb Mehta and Tapovan by SH Raza were just two of over 200 pieces of modern Indian art that went under the hammer at the Indian and Southeast Asian Art sale at Sotheby's.

However, a cautionary note is well due. How many indians really do know about art? Most artists are treated more as Page3-or-nowhere rather than professionals.

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