Day two of the festival saw a greater number of people visiting the 20-odd venues of art-related activities in the proposed art district. While one family was busy buying the tin cycle, the foyer of the Max Mueller Bhavan's Stuttgart Hall was thronged by those wanting to get a dekko of cartoons by the Berlin-born, Mumbai-based geologist, Rudolf von Leyden (1903-83). A socio-political cartoonist, his cartoons based in the forties are pointed reflections of the war-torn times. His Denley In Search Of Happiness, dated April 24, 1946, caught the attention of most visitors, as did Perhaps Some Fresh Air (December 24, 1944). Von Leyden's Communist roots influence his mockery of Hitler'spolicies and that of the British during his stay in India. Either way, they held the visitors' total attention and even encouraged a discussion among them on the stairs that led the way out.Things were much quieter, in comparison, at the Prince of Wales Museum's Coomaraswamy Hall.

Architecture For A Changing World, displaying architecture projects that have received the Aga Khan Awards, ``seeks to inform urban planners and decision makers about the values of participatory approaches to urban habitats and development, the use of local techniques and material...'' Pictures of building designs from such diverse regions as West Asia, Africa, Europe and Asia, and details accompanying them is expected to attract many a serious architect.

But there was no place for seriousness at Samovar. The mood here was vibrant, what with Tara Deshpande, Dolly Thakore, Gerson daCunha and wife Uma daCunha expected for lunch. Quite a few occupied tables, but delayed orders ``to still be around when the Bombay Boys girl walksin''. She didn't till 1 pm, but the wait continued.

TODAY:

Visions of India: Lecture by Amrita Jhaveri, The Artists' Centre, 5.30 pm.

Understanding Leaves: Slide Show at Hornbill Hse Auditorium, BNHS, 4 to 5 pm.

Nature trail: 8 am to 9 am, University of Mumbai campus.