the telephone rings incessantly - he doesn't use email and doesn't have a mobile phone . A succession of visitors appear: his engineer Deepal, his contractor Ranjith, a young couple who want him to build their house, a supplier with a sample chair, an artist delivering paintings for one of his clients,One by one his assistants bring their current work to his table and he coaxes, cajoles and encourages, scribbling on their drawings and sketching alternatives.