Art

Thanks to IAS officer Sarveshvar Bhure, Chhattisgarh's Tulsi village got its own 'Hummer Studios' soon after several YouTube channels like Being Chhattisgarhiya, 36 Garhiya, Alwa Jalwa, Fun Tapri and Gold CG04 took off.

Bengaluru-based Shanthi Muniswamy was a sex worker battling depression and discrimination before Aravani Art Project changed her life.

Kolkata artist Kishore Pratim Biswas spent 25 dedicated years to a painting series on India's heritage steam trains.

Aditya Raj from Jaipur visited an exhibition during his law school days and decided he would be an artist. Here’s his visual representation of a nostalgia trip with pictures of the most iconic eateries in India.

Naomi and Yohann Pereira's venture, The Druid’s Garden, makes unique, aesthetic and sustainable products by using reclaimed and upcycled raw materials.

Noida-based Madhuri Balodi and Amit Singh started ‘Kavi The Poetry-Art Project’ to come up with a creative way of saving glass bottles from ending up in landfills. They collect bottles from ragpickers and customers and transform them into functional art items.

Satyanarayan Suthar, hailing from Jodhpur, is preserving the ancient craft of Kavad that has been handed down through generations. This art form entails crafting collapsible wooden shrines used to depict mythological stories.

In 2019, Chandigarh couple Mohit Ahluwalia and Jagjyot Kaur quit their decade-long corporate careers to start ‘Raamae’, which sells hand-block printed products like cushion covers, tote bags, quilts, pouches etc made by skilled artisans.

Coimbatore’s Radhika JA upcycles newspapers into dolls, which have found orders from across the world. She shares how her diagnosis led her to this successful business.

Ooty resident Sheela Powel set out to find financial freedom and thus started Shalom Ooty, a venture that helps women from the Toda community sell their traditional art and earn financial freedom in the process.