Balbir Krishan has struggled over the years to bring to fore his extraordinary art. He fought the society that outcasts almost everyone who is a slight divergent. He has put up a fight with the challenges that life made him face and has emerged victorious. The OpenHaus team gets up, close and personal with the…

Siddhartha Gigoo shot to limelight with his novel The Garden of Solitude, set against the backdrop of the Kashmir conflict, the displacement of Pandits from Kashmir and their lives in exile.  He refuses to be drawn into a conversation on the politics of Kashmir but is willing to share with us his views on life in Kashmir…

Coming from a simple Bengali family (She is from Kolkata but because of her father’s transferable job, she spent time travelling across Bengal) to winning the first ever Skoda Prize on Indian Contemporary art, Mithu Sen has come a long way. At school she was an all rounder known for winning medals in athletics, acting,…

Waswo X. Waswo has enjoyed an interesting life. He is a painter, poet and a photographer. Being a foreigner, he is often accused of portraying a negativity about India. But his works highlight his own experiences of places, people and culture, providing an empathetic view of “India”.  He works with local people – barbers, chaiwallas,…