Carpe diem with Shuchi Muley, one of 107 artists who hand-painted scenes for ‘Loving Vincent’ All of 34, representational oil painter Shuchi Muley has already made her mark in international art and cinema — Bengaluru-based Shuchi has just returned to India after working as a painter and animator for the much talked about international movie…
Author: admin
This startup throws light on how India lives through data
Have you ever wondered who’s searching for what on matrimonial websites? Which makes of cars, bikes and scooters get stolen the most in Delhi? How a satellite town like Gurgaon was built? Or, interestingly still, get a word analysis of all the budget speeches since 1947. To answer all these and more, Delhi-based data search…
Ansoo Gupta of One Shoe Trust is fostering sensitivity towards our planet
In a room packed with people of varying age groups – from their early 20s to their late 40s –Ansoo Gupta holds her own as she talks about travelling, and shares her travel hacks. She is a treasure trove of information having visited 60 countries over a decade and a half. A communications and marketing…
Producing cold-pressed juices with community service goals – Rawking’s Navneet Mishra
In 2013, he lost some of his near and dear ones in the Uttarakhand floods and that was the turning point in his life. “After the tragedy, the urgency to do something was greater than before. I realised time was running out and I shifted my focus to do something for people of my village….
Tracing the journey of art curator Dr. Alka Pande from a metaphorical and allegorical country, India
“In a way, it’s my second life,” says Alka Pande, on her artful meanderings as a curator, critic, cultural theorist, teacher, writer on art, and recipient of the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres award from the French government. “At the age of 41, when I received the Charles Wallace award, it altered…
Jaya Jaitly on Giving Indian crafts a voice through Dastkari Haat Sami
Working on ground with Indian craftsmen across pincodes that are dotted through the length and breadth of the country, Jaya Jaitly, Founder, Dastkari Haat Samiti, has witnessed many a silent revolution. When she was on the path of building up her larger role now, she was working as a Design and Marketing Consultant to the…
Farm to table milk with Pankaj Navani of Binsar Farms
Managing a herd of 240 cows, of which 120 are milking ones, and supplying farm-to-table milk to over 600 families in Delhi has driven in a lot of patience to the 40-year-old Partner and Founder of Binsar Farms, Pankaj Navani. An idealist, Pankaj had forever envisioned working with communities while growing up under the folds…
Changing the face of Indian trekking, one mountain at a time with Dilshad Master Kumar
Dilshad Master Kumar, 49 years old, was battling with cancer when she realised that she has had enough. She did not want to give her blood and sweat for someone else to create his millions, rather she wanted to draw all the energy and strength in setting up something of her own that she could…
Kiran Dixit Thacker- The saga of a living legend trained under Ramkinkar Baij
Imbibing positivity is humanity’s way of moving through obstacles and carving a niche. Artist Kiran Dixit Thacker turned her traumatic childhood, made worse by a stepmother, an abusive husband, and loss of her only daughter, into a temple of creativity. Kiran Dixit Thacker, 68 years old, a sculptor trained under the illustrious Ramkinkar Baij, started…
Gopika Nath – To open the knots in a relationship, both hands are required
At an exhibition of her work, Gopika Nath is displaying her art. Layers of fabrics with patterns stitched on them in concentric circles are neatly hung on the wall. Parts of the fabric on display are singed on the edges and others have needle work, which looks like a mash-up in certain patches and seems…