Art

Born and raised in Mumbai, Falu has strong musical roots, receiving rigorous training in the Jaipur musical tradition and the Benaras style of Thumrie.

The very first illustration that Bakula Nayak made was upon a letter that was exchanged between her parents during the early days of their marriage.

As the Kashmiri Women’s Design Collective, they started with a small project—a calendar for the coming year that thay could relate to and find inspiration in, as a small tribute to a few of the women of Kashmir who have, in some way or the other, had an impact on all their lives.

We met a very vivacious Rahil Mohsin during the Bengaluru ComicCon, held in the Garden city recently.

“I’m a fan of Bollywood films and am really excited about launching Chakra the Invincible as my first Bollywood superhero movie. I only hope he remembers to include my cameo!”

It had been a dream that provoked little Sutar to run away for good, where a ‘golden’ sparrow told him to chase his passion of art.

In fact, a month before the festivities of Ganesh Chaturthi and Dussehra, the bylanes of Parel, Lalbaug, Girgaon and Prabhadevi, all suburbs of Mumbai, are worth a visit.

'Lattu' is the Hindi word for a spinning top, one of Varanasi’s most popular wood-crafted toys.

“Like most others in my profession, there came a point where I wanted to do something different and did not want to get stuck in the same routine I was part of. Starting a hostel was never on my mind and yet it just happened.”

Indian society may not like the uncomfortable questions placed before it. But this band will ask those questions anyway!