I have earlier written about my tryst with art and craft with Gujarat but Lacquer Art was unplanned and unexpected. The artisan from Nirona village was off for his afternoon ablutions in a some local pond or street side well…
“Dhaki” Beats – Tribute to the Drummer from East India
The autumn celebration of Durga Puja in Eastern India specially Bengal is incomplete without the rhythm of the “Dhak” or the traditional Indian Drum. As a child, I would race to the neighbourhood pandal often barefoot at the the sound…
Tribal Art – Painted Wooden Owls from Bengal,India
My tryst with the owl continues with an assurance that fortune is round the corner :). Sometime ago I saw them on a tree while I was traveling to Indore. Recently, I was walking around Kolkata when my gaze fell…
The Making of a Mother, Goddess Durga Idols, Kolkata
Kolkata, India is celebrating the biggest autumnal festival known as Durga Puja where the entire city gets the look of a huge art museum for 5 days which happens to be between 26th September 2017 and 30th Septemper 2017. In Bengal,…
Hand Made Copper Bells of Kutch, India
While searching for hand-made bells in the villages of Kutch, I had actually landed at the doorstep of a bell maker turned part time Morchang Musician. After a musical session at his home in Nirona village, (on the way to…
Mastery on Fabric- Rogan Art
I stopped by at Nirona Village while travelling through Kutch in Gujarat. Nirona is about 100 kms away from Bhuj, near Nakhtarana. We walked down through the village lanes to the home of National Award Winning Artistes (Khatri Ghafoor Bhai…
Mud Mirror Art from India
We traveled through the Kutch area of Gujarat stopping intermittently at different villages and towns to explore the wild, history and more often than not the rich art heritage. While passing through stretches of barren land sans any form of…
Morchang ~ Melodious Tunes of Metal
Walking around a dusty hamlet (Nirona) in the heartland of Kutch in Gujarat, India, in search of hand made bells, I chanced upon a musician who crafts bells for a living. Neighbours pointed out to a house where they made bells…