We were not exactly excited by the offer to paint in the Dasna jail with the prisoners. We were nervous, sceptical and worried about what is going to happen. Jey was tense as he didn’t want this to happen like a media managed PR event where media gets a limited access to prisoners and all[…]
They were quite……obedient…and sharp. They listened what we had to say in rapt attention. They were kids from very poor backgrounds. Many of them have been rescued as child laborers. Many of them still work as laborers in small shops, factories and in their homes stitching clothes, making doormats, spinning threads and all those works which[…]
Jey and Meenakshi used the block prints for the first time in their murals. It was innovative and intriguing for art lovers to make imprints on the wall. Priyamvad is a comrade who can sketch beautifully.The moment we entered their home, we saw Pash’s poems and sketches by Priyamvad. We asked and got to know[…]
अक्सर ही कोई बुलाता है…अपने घर…याद नहींं प्रियंवद ने कैसे बुलाया था…पर इतना याद है कि फोन पर बात करते समय प्रियंवद संयत और अत्यंत मधुर लगे थे….बात कैसे बढ़ी ये भी याद नहींं..लेकिन पहुंच गए थे हम पेंटिंग करने…..हम अपना अनुभव इस ब्लॉग के बाद साझा करेंगे लेकिन पहले प्रियंंवद और विभावरी ने जो[…]
Thirteen year old Anil has big eyes and they are searching for something all the time. It sparked when he saw us opening the colour bag. “Aaap painting kartey ho?” (you guys paint?) he asked with glitters in his eyes. He was asked by the family we were staying with, to assist us in the[…]
पुणे से चेन्नई तक के सफर में एक पेंटिंग का ज़िक्र नहीं हो पाया है. कई कारणों से. एक तो हम थके हुए थे. वापस दिल्ली पहुंचे थे. कई दोस्तों से दिल्ली में मिलना था तो समय नहीं मिल पाया. असल में चेन्नई में की गई पेंटिंग भी कुछ ऐसी ही थी. काम और आराम[…]
एस एच रज़ा पूरा नाम सैय्यद हैदर रज़ा. हाथों की ऊंगलियां इतनी लंबी कि देखते ही लगे हो न हो ये पेंटर ही होगा.मैंने कभी किसी बड़े पेंटर को इतने नज़दीक से नहीं देखा था. बीबीसी पर रज़ा का एक इंटरव्यू देखा था. तब वो पेरिस में थे और लौटने वाले थे. तब से कहीं[…]
The moment he saw us, he came galloping to us like a horse. It was the moment of joy to see an old buddy. He was Tarun. We studied together in Class XI and XII. We were meeting after almost a gap of ten years. MAG on the Move: MUMBAI After the school we went[…]
The balcony panel at Versova flat of Pankaj and ShradhaIt was during one of those romantic bullet rides, when Meenakshi whispered in my ears- “can we travel the world on the bullet?”. And I replied- “I can drive, you can paint”. “And you also write about it”, said Meenakshi without any pause. I left the[…]