Update- Poonchh Collection + VoSD
This is the kind of post I absolutely love to write. My dad always told me, ‘Beta (my child), just do your work honestly and give it your best. Don’t worry about the results.‘ I have always listened to that…
Aarohi Singh
Roots – Anandpur Sahib and Virasat-e-Khalsa
Over the last few years, I have had the pleasure, indeed honour, to talk about Sikhism at the Bangalore Walks- Living Faiths of India Tour. And no talk on Sikhism would be complete without talking about Anandpur Sahib. On 26th May…
Back to my roots
I am the product of a mixed marriage. My father is a Maharashtrian Brahmin, and my mother, a Jat Sikh. So I have two halves of me that are always warring with each other to come out. When I am…
Collage
This is a painting/collage that I did in 1995. It was one of the first ‘big’ pieces I did back then 🙂 It is quite large at 8’x4′. It is done on a large plywood sheet with old torn magazines,…
In Pencil and Watercolor
While cleaning out my (art) closet, I found a truck load of memories and loads of inspiration. This past year as you all know has been very busy. And time has just flown. Can you believe it is already halfway…
Memories
I was cleaning out some old papers this afternoon. And I stumbled across some sketches and doodles that I did almost 20 years ago!! One such sketch is this one of my husband, Supreet. It’s pretty good even if I…
Mojo and Sirius
Mojo and Sirius are two Labradors much loved by their family. Sonya their mum, asked me to paint their portraits, as the two doggies are now getting on in age. And sadly, Mojo has a heart condition which has been…
Best of the web :-)
I got an email from the editor of a blog called Pocket Change, asking permission to put my blog under a section called ‘Best of the web’. The answer of course, was obvious… 🙂 See the post here. Pocket Change…
Femina- Inspiring woman
Wow!! I am one of Femina’s inspiring women of the month for May 2012! 🙂 Thank you, Nidhi for the wonderful write-up. It was great to chat with you at the Poonchh Collection exhibition at 100 ft here in Bangalore.…
Kathakali
The last piece on Theyyam inspired me to keep painting. So here is the next in the series. This painting on the Kerala dance form called Kathakali is approx. 3 x 4 feet. It is done in acrylics on gallery stretched…