We were in Bangalore for a week and looking for opportunities to paint with communities and a friend put us in touch with a small art-school named Art-Beat in Bangalore. We had a small telephonic chat and decided to meet Namratha who runs the art-beat school where kids of different ages come and learn to[…]
We had no idea that Damodar Sarang was a government officer when he messaged me on the Facebook messenger inviting us to paint in a school in Datia, Madhya Pradesh. We have been planning to travel in Madhya Pradesh for many years and 2017 seemed to be apt for that. We had already covered Mumbai[…]
Desert Safari was an idea fascinated us for many years. The invitation by a friend from Bhuj helped us in making the decision to take a trip from Delh to Bhuj via Rajasthan. With our new 500 cc Bullet Kesaria, we started the journey in which first stop was Jhunjhunu where we painted in a[…]
A proposal to paint in tribal lands was like a dream call. Jey instantly agreed to accompany me as his heart lies in the hills and homes of tribals of Jharkhand. Love for tribal land is common between us. In fact the tribal life stories played a major role in bringing us together. For me[…]
For the first time, we were nervous. It is difficult to explain the rush of mixed emotion when we reached the Srijan Help, a school for ‘special’ children. They greeted us with hearty smiles, warm shake-hands, curious looks and shyness. Initially talking to them looked like a difficult task but that was not because a[…]
आर्टोलॉग की यात्रा के दौरान फेसबुक पर कई मित्र बने हैं जिनसे हम कभी नहीं मिले. फेसबुक के इनबॉक्स में बातें होती रहींं. वो पूछते रहे. हम बताते रहे अपने बारे में. ऐसा ही एक लड़का है विकास त्रिवेदी..वो कभी कभी कुछ पूछ लेता था और हमेशा कहता- आप लोग बहुत अच्छा काम कर रहे हैं.[…]
”अबी तो मेरे को घर नय है. जबी मेरा घर होगा तो मैं बुलाएगी तेरे को. खाना भी खिलाएगी. घुमाएगी भी. मेरे घर में भी पेंटिंग करने का.” वंदना काम वाली बाई है लेकिन दीवार पर बनती हुई बुद्ध की पेंटिंग को देखकर उसने हमसे यही बात कही. आम तौर पर समझा जाता है कि[…]