‘Is Art a Verb?’ The question pops up at one of our workshops. Children slowly look at us and we look searchingly at them. ‘Well, of course, art is a verb.’, quips an 11-year-old, who doesn’t get what the hype is all about. ‘You paint, you draw — it is…

(This letter is part of an epistolary series Speaking Our Souls and is a response to Letter #18. If you wish to start from the beginning, you can look at the list here) It has almost been a year since I last wrote to you. Why such a gap? I…

(This letter is part of an epistolary series Speaking Our Souls and is a response to Letter #16. If you wish to start from the beginning, you can look at the list here)​ As I was going to post this on your birthday, Feb 4th, I wrote this letter in…

Project Documentation | Undergraduate Program | Srishti This project was published in the 7th semester (August 2014) of my Professional Diploma Course, as part of the cluster ‘Art in Transit’. I am re-publishing an edited version here in order to continue the dialogue in a public forum. …

(This letter is part of an epistolary series Speaking Our Souls and is a response to Letter #14. If you wish to start from the beginning, you can look at the list here)​ Dear Anupriy, You make an excellent point about metaphors. Perhaps, it’s because I appreciate their power that…

One rainy Saturday, I went to catch the exhibit, S.H. Raza: Traversing Terrains, hosted at the Piramal Museum of Art, Mumbai. Before I tell you about it, I feel the need to declare an ostentatious disclaimer. I am not someone who can glide the high language of art galleries or…

(This letter is part of an epistolary series Speaking Our Souls and is a response to Letter #12. If you wish to start from the beginning, you can look at the list here)​ Quoting from your last letter, But I have realised that waiting for inspiration to wash over me…

(This letter is part of an epistolary series Speaking Our Souls and is a response to Letter #10. If you wish to start from the beginning, you can look at the list here) I want to write you a fictional story in this letter. A bug wanted to fly into a…

Dear Anupriy: Letter#9 (This letter is part of an epistolary series Speaking Our Souls and is a response to Letter #8. If you wish to start from the beginning, you can look at the list here) Back to life! Once again, thank you for writing back a well-written prose. It’s a delight to…