Art

If you are on desi Facebook, then chances are you’ve either shared a comic strip by Sanitary Panels or at the very least have spotted one while scrolling down your newsfeed.

To most people, the mere mention of traditional music conjures images of a group of people sitting on stage performing in a boring, slow fashion. One Pune-based couple is working to break this stereotype through a charitable music trust, the Baithak Foundation.

Meet Ishan Shukla, the maker of Schirkoa, one of the most critically acclaimed animated shorts to come out of India. The film is the first of its kind to have qualified for the Oscars in its category (Best Animated Short Film) from the country.

Besides being one of the most revered Indian politicians, the tenth Prime Minister of India, and an extraordinary orator, Atal ji, is a celebrated poet of all times.

The festival is open for everyone to perform, paint, sing, sculpt, click, sow, farm, cook, stay, learn, enjoy and collaborate to make it all the more meaningful.

Amita Dutta (44) is a highly successful painter, reputed for the art that she creates using coffee. That’s right, coffee! She has not let her hearing impairment come in the way of her creativity.

Open Sky is an art community that offers a platform to different kinds of arts like music, poetry, stand-up comedy, theatre and magic.

A unique film festival attracts offbeat filmmakers to the beautiful environs of a quiet resort in the Uttarakhand Himalayas,

Cop Shiva, a photographer by day and constable by night, talks to The Better India about his journey as an artist.

Art can overcome huge differences between people and unite them in common cause. Here is a poem celebrating this unique ability of art to bring people together and erase prejudices and distinctions.