All it took was a feather to strengthen the bond between Rooftop Artists from the City of Lakes and the Pink City 2020 was to be the year when we expanded our terrain of Rooftop, an open-to-all-artists free platform where they would network, share and nurture each other’s art to grow further in their lives.
Rooftop Artists & team members came together for a game of turf cricket to mark a normally considered inauspicious date, i.e., 13th the Friday 2019. More than 70% of artists played cricket for decades. 10% had never played cricket before. A lot of artists from the Rooftop enjoyed playing among art veterans from the Marketplace.
Hameed Khan Kawa’s family has been performers for generations. Khan who is a tabla player has been following the strides of his dad and granddad. He used to play in capacities, both in India and abroad. At the point when he played abroad in nations like France and England and saw musicians from the world,
Jaipur Tamasha, an interesting melodic society play, is a 19th-century commitment by Jaipur city to the theatre of Rajasthan. Dilip Bhatt, from the Bhatt family, spoke about how they have been carrying forward this 250-year-old tradition. He explained how at the start of the 18th century, in the peripherals of Agra, two gatherings began and
Born in the year 1965 in Jaipur, a printmaker, visual craftsman, and painter, Vinay Sharma’s specialty is the intelligence of his presentation since youth to the celebrations and shades of Rajasthan, and the customs and soothsaying that his dad and granddad rehearsed. From that point onwards, painting has gotten synonymous with life for him. He
Imagine taking Jaipur’s food bloggers on a morning walk to the two most famous ice cream parlors of the city to mark the 292nd Jaipur Foundation Day celebrations! Isn’t that plenty of food for the thought with a tinge of sweet flavour added to boot. The walk down the sweet lane covered two prominent stores
Khartal is a popular instrument played by the Manganiyar Community in Rajasthan, and Gazi Khan is a repute proponent who does full justice to the organ. The instrument may look simple at first glance, but don’t be fooled, as it takes a great amount of dexterity and practice to strum even to play a simple song on
Since it was about Cyber Art, it was the first session hosted live on Facebook for the artists-attendees who were not able to attend this Circle session in person. An insightful session that explored the expressions of this new-media, a boundary-less art form, Hemant spoke feelingly about his journey as an IAS officer to an
Rang Mastaney theatre group led by Nipun Mathur presented the story of a Hindu boy and a Muslim Girl, who lived across the Indo-Pak border. The story demolishes a few common myths about communities residing on either side of the barbed line. The narrative presents a sharp contrast between the hatred that engulfs them on
This was a rarest of rare treats – a “live sculpting” session with acclaimed sculptor Hansraj Kumawat. The spell-bound audience watched as pliant clay took a concrete form in Hansraj’s hands. Some of the guests, who were encouraged to follow the Master’s technique stood mesmerized by the process. In the end, he also spoke emotively
