Huyler reflects on arriving in India in 1971, the hospitality he received and the ways his experiences transformed his life and work. India’s hospitalityOn entering India, Huyler bicycled a rickshaw himself out of empathy for its elderly driver. For the first 30–35 years of his work, he rarely found India mentioned in history or art history books, except superficially. Why India is differentFor Huyler, India’s staggering diversity is its defining quality. Tamil literature and Carnatic music, he notes, are entirely different from their North Indian counterparts.