I’m very excited to be part of this much-awaited annual public art festival at VR Bengaluru, some of my latest work will be on display. This is the third consecutive year that I’ll be associated with this grand Bengaluru event dedicated to art and I can’t wait for the opening night. I’ve met so many […]
Is A Top Art School Worth It?
Making art is hard. Making it as an artist is even harder. We can’t all grow up as precocious prodigies who know how to mix colours by the age of eight and have gallery representation and a spread in Art India at 16. Some of us actually have to go to art school (or teach ourselves). […]
In Loving Memory Of Baby Okja
RIP Baby Okja (1 June 2017 – 5 Jan 2019) You spread so much love and joy. You came into our lives so beautiful and smart. My dear and sweet companion I loved you from the start. Your time with us was far too short. My beloved you will always live in our memories and […]
Our Browser History Is The New Memoir
In Kenneth Goldsmith’s Wasting Time on the Internet, he writes that “Our Browser History Is the New Memoir”: If you want to know anything about me, what I was thinking, what I was interested in, exactly what I did or was going to do, check out my browser history: my passions, my hatreds, my crushes, […]
Why Labels And Titles Limit Ambitions
Almost every person I meet is so hung up about who they are, what they do, what they know. So many people think they need to call and label themselves an Asst Vice President, Regional Manager, Senior UI Developer and so on to truly feel like themselves. We are so much more than the nouns, […]
Creativity Equals Downtime
Creativity = Downtime I’ve had a terribly busy year so far (the kind where I can’t even remember if I brushed my teeth or not so I brush again just in case) and have felt the need to recharge my depleted creative batteries as I’ve just started work on a new series of paintings along […]
13 Ways To Keep The Child Inside You Alive
You and I both know what it is like to be a child. After all, we’ve been there once! But do you ever wish you could go back to being a child? I do. Who wouldn’t want to be carefree and optimistic right? As grown ups, we burden ourselves with jobs, EMIs, paying bills, worrying […]