Art

A true celebration of every ethnicity is effortlessly exemplified through its souvenirs and keepsakes, and give one a periscopic insight into a region’s history, culture and geography.

Rabijita Gogoi took up direction at a time when there were very few women directors in India. After directing close to 25 plays in a host of Indian Languages, she is back in Assam for a permanent stint.

Freddie Mercury is globally famous as the lead singer of Queen. During his formative years, he played in a band in a boarding school in Panchgani, Maharashtra.

Creating extraordinary pieces of art out of ordinary subjects like withered flowers, petals, leaves, twigs, grains & even vegetables, Subhashini Chandramani’s handle which goes by the name, ‘neelavanam’ is a hit on Instagram!

I converse with Dr VInita Bharat, the artist beind Fuzzy Synapses - A platform of fun comics that propels the reaches of science.

There are many artisans who live in India's numerous little towns and villages and churn out masterpieces with their hands, but fail to find the visibility they deserve.

"Most people just take stuff from there. So it took the villagers two days to realise we were there to leave something behind."

The artists "painted the town red" and in this process, changed the look of the flyover and walls across the old Hanuman Mandir at Yamuna Bazar near Kashmere Gate.

"I look at the styles of letterforms on signboards and how they are arranged. Is the sign functional and effective at communication?"

An indispensable facet of Kolkata’s art culture for over a decade now, the CIMA Art Mela is one of India’s largest annual fairs that curates works of seasoned and promising artists.