As many of you would know, Pappu Bhatt is a celebrated State Awardee, and puppeteer. During his interactive, by-invitation Circle session, Bhatt explained at length how he and his wife, Ms Sumitra Devi painstakingly chisel and craft their kathputli from mango wood, before giving them a coat of paint in Rajasthan’s vibrant colours. Not just
At this subdued, inspiration session, Kahaani ka Samay, author Ashok Aatreya read carefully-picked extracts from his celebrated book “Aasman Ke Bina.” To make it a very thought-provoking Circle exchange among artists, there were critics present as special attendees who gave their point of view on his book as well as his style of writing. As
Anupama Bose started her journey as a textile designer, 23 years ago. After working under fashion designer Tarun Tahiliani, she moved to Jaipur, where she succeeded in establishing her own brand. c, Bose shared her creative trysts with Katan-weaves Ruchika Modi which led her to design unisex uniforms for the staff at Ramm Bagh Hotel
Yash Maheshwari’s unsurpassed ability to deliver rapid-fire, one-liners and apt punch lines makes his audience go rolling in the comedy workshop. At this particular hands-on session, however, Maheshwari prompted the attendees to write their jokes around a basic structure that he outlined for them at the beginning of the session. The trick went home well
A storytelling master, Dr Shweta Singh is able to fluidly transition words into gripping stories with as much dexterity as a painter uses in filling colour in her paintings. A wordsmith par excellence, she is a performer who understands the meaning of stories and tells them in a manner that makes them instantly come to
A blank verse may not have a defined structure, but there still could be grammar and emotion — oodles of it – in its formless expression
Anyone who has ever worked with a bird’s discarded feather for an art material to paint upon knows how difficult the medium can be. Feather painting is not a child’s play. You need to know the feather type, what colours it would absorb, how it can be preserved, and in what season you can expect
Aesthetics connotes different things to different people. During his by-invitation, specially-curated Rooftop session, Amit Kalla, an artist of repute spoke about his journey as a trainee that started from his days as a student at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University. He was a Left-dominated socio-political hub that was also very culturally alive and still is. At
An exhilarating percussion round with Varenya Joshi is enough to transport anyone into a different realm altogether. During the session, participants learned how big the drumming world is. Varenya used the session to discuss the basic tenets of music and sound. He played different materials to create a sound that gave us deep insight into
If there is one lesson that Prakash Ghai’s minimalism photography delivers at home, it is that very often, ‘less’ sensory, de-cluttered experience of our immediate environment can be ‘more’ stimulating – a classic case of less is more! Prakash Ghai’s session gave participants a deep insight into the oft-ignored sensory experiences that can be picked
