Art

Janarthanan is a 24-year-old mouth artist. He lost both his hands in a devastating accident at the age of eight, and has been facing each day like a challenge since then. He has won more than 150 prizes in painting competitions since 2003, including two national awards. This is his story of determination and grit, narrated through his beautiful art.

Sreenivasulu collects pen refills during the environmental awareness programmes he holds in schools and colleges.

Performance poetry is becoming increasingly popular in the big metros in India, thanks to the efforts of Raghavendra Madhu who founded Poetry Couture in 2014.

When Maria Josephine’s 5-month-old daughter Priya was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, this mother took on the challenge of giving her daughter an independent life. But that is not all she did – over the years she became a certified special educator to help other kids with this condition and created awareness among hundreds of parents, hospitals, anganwadi workers, and more.

From a Heritage Festival in Pune, to the Guwahati Queer Pride and an Indo-Turkish Festival, there's so much to do this week.

Tigers, treetops and a girl with flowing tresses -- all these and more greet commuters embarking on trains at the Govindpuri Metro Station in Delhi these days. The man behind the colourful makeover is artist Agostino Iacurci from Rome.

Here is a list of websites that engage artisans and are also a treasure trove of knowledge on the various handicrafts and arts in India.

Kishore Pratim Biswas, a Mumbai-based artist, is working on several paintings for a series called the 'Nostalgia of Steam Locomotives'. It is based on his childhood memories from the time when he used to watch steam locomotives near his house every day, and was awed by their beauty. Here are 10 brilliant pictures from his collection.

A sofa made out of the discarded portion of an Ambassador car, a table made with the help of a tractor, rugs made of old gunny bags, and so many other handmade products – welcome to the super creative workshop of PRiti International. Started by a Jodhpur-based couple in 2005, it is a company that takes waste material and turns it into something very useful and unique. Have a look at their brilliant work.

Meet the Jangid family – the woodcarving artists of Jaipur who specialise in sandalwood miniature carvings. Mahesh Jangid, and his sons, Rohit and Mohit Jangid, use the simplest tools like small iron sticks, knives, and chisels to carve with extreme precision on very small objects. For this family, it is a tradition that has been passed from one generation to another, and something that they highly honour.