Selected works

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Nirmal Mondal Paints the Dignity of Ordinary Life
Jul 24 · 3 min read · Ones to Watch
Deepanwita Das Finds Poetry in Everyday Silence
Jul 24 · 3 min read · Ones to Watch
The Portrait That Feels Like Reading Dostoevsky
Jul 24 · 4 min read · World

Kafka Thought a Book Should Hurt
Jul 24 · 4 min read · World

The Most Beautiful Drowning Ever Painted
Jul 24 · 4 min read · World

Farhin Afza Builds Rooms Out of Memory
Jul 22 · 3 min read · Ones to Watch
Nayanjyoti Barman Draws the Cost of Progress
Jul 22 · 3 min read · Ones to Watch
Moumita Basak Stitches the Lives of Village Women
Jul 22 · 3 min read · Ones to Watch
Hasan Ali Kadiwala Writes Buildings and Builds Words
Jul 22 · 3 min read · Ones to Watch
Aaryama Somayaji Paints What the Kitchen Remembers
Jul 22 · 3 min read · Ones to Watch
The Woman Who Argued with Death, and Won
Jul 22 · 5 min read · Women in Art

Galloping into Legend: Lakshmibai's Earliest Portraits
Jul 22 · 7 min read · Women in Art

Ravi Varma Spent His Life Making Art Cheap. He Just Became India's Most Expensive Artist.
Jul 15 · 5 min read · Art Now

Damayanti's Divine Choice: A Swan, Four Gods, and True Love
Jul 15 · 7 min read · Women in Art

Mirabai: The Princess Who Sang Past Poison
Jul 13 · 7 min read · Women in Art

Savitri's Unstoppable Argument: Debating Death for Love
Jul 13 · 7 min read · Women in Art

The Didarganj Yakshi: A Polished Revelation from Ancient India
Jul 10 · 7 min read · Masterpieces

Bhimbetka: India's Oldest Art Gallery, Etched in Stone
Jul 10 · 7 min read · Classical & Temple

Three Faces, One God: Elephanta's Cosmic Shiva
Jul 9 · 7 min read · Classical & Temple

Journey's End: Abanindranath's Elegy for an Exhausted Empire
Jul 9 · 7 min read · Bengal School

When Love Became a Monsoon: The Divine Romances of Kangra
Jul 8 · 7 min read · Mughal & Miniature

The Sun God's Chariot: Konark's Wheels Keep Timeless Pace
Jul 8 · 7 min read · Classical & Temple

The Gentle Gaze: Ajanta's Enduring Padmapani in the Dark
Jul 8 · 7 min read · Masterpieces

How a 2,300-Year-Old Lion Became India's Face
Jul 7 · 7 min read · Masterpieces

India's Oldest Teenager: The Unimpressed Dancing Girl of Mohenjo-daro
Jul 7 · 7 min read · Masterpieces

When an Emperor Snubbed a King: Jahangir's Humble Flex
Jul 7 · 7 min read · Masterpieces

The Women Who Painted India First
Jul 7 · 8 min read · Women in Art
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The Man Who Taught the West How to See Indian Art
Jul 7 · 7 min read · Writers

At 67, India's Greatest Writer Quietly Became Its Strangest Painter
Jul 7 · 7 min read · Masters

Shakuntala's Backward Glance: The Look That Launched Indian Painting
Jul 7 · 7 min read · Masterpieces

The Art of Living Room Deception: Dia Mehta Bhupal's Paper Worlds
Jul 7 · 7 min read · Contemporary
Manjunath Kamath: When Gods Go Cycling Through Our Lives
Jul 7 · 7 min read · Contemporary
When Language Loses Its Tongue: The Provocative Art of Mithu Sen
Jul 6 · 7 min read · Contemporary
The Art of What's Left Unsaid: Shilpa Gupta's Provocative Whispers
Jul 6 · 7 min read · Contemporary
The Secret Lives of Grandmothers: Arpita Singh's Unflinching Gaze
Jul 6 · 7 min read · Contemporary
Ravinder Reddy: The Golden Gaze of Everyday Gods
Jul 6 · 7 min read · Contemporary
Sita's Last Answer: The Woman Who Refused to Prove Herself Again
Jul 5 · 7 min read · Women in Art

From Mundane to Monumental: Valay Shende's Reflective Narratives
Jul 5 · 7 min read · Contemporary
Where Old Masters Meet Oz: Raqib Shaw's Glimmering Fantasies
Jul 5 · 7 min read · Contemporary
When Barbed Wire Weaves Stories: Reena Saini Kallat's Art of Connection
Jul 5 · 7 min read · Contemporary
Behind the Shutters: Atul Dodiya's Layers of Life and Art
Jul 5 · 7 min read · Contemporary
When Beeswax and Tamarind Paste Become Breathtaking Art: The World of Ranjani Shettar
Jul 4 · 7 min read · Contemporary
When Cosmos Meets Curry: The Universe According to Jitish Kallat
Jul 4 · 7 min read · Contemporary
The Board Games of Life: Thukral & Tagra's Playful Art of Aspiration
Jul 4 · 7 min read · Contemporary
Kochi's Grand Canvas: How a Biennale Turned a Sleepy Port into a Global Art Hub
Jul 3 · 7 min read · Art Now
When Walls Talk: India's Cities Become Open-Air Galleries
Jul 3 · 7 min read · Art Now

Dots That Speak: Bharti Kher and the Art of the Bindi
Jul 3 · 7 min read · Contemporary
When Kitchen Clutter Becomes Contemporary Art: Subodh Gupta's Unexpected Masterpieces
Jul 3 · 7 min read · Contemporary
The Buddha Who Wasn't There: Decoding Sanchi's Stories
Jul 3 · 7 min read · Classical & Temple

The Mother India Who Sparked a Nation
Jul 3 · 7 min read · Bengal School

Playing with Art: The Royal World of Ganjifa Cards
Jul 3 · 7 min read · Mughal & Miniature
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The Painted Courts of Rajasthan
Jun 23 · 8 min read · Rajput & Rajasthani

Amrita Sher-Gil: The Painter Who Gave India a Modern Face
Jun 23 · 9 min read · Women in Art

Deccan Painting: The Sultanates' Jewel-Toned Dream
Jun 23 · 8 min read · Mughal & Miniature

Pichwai: The Painted Cloth Behind the God
Jun 23 · 6 min read · Rajput & Rajasthani
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Tanjore Painting: Gods Dipped in Gold
Jun 23 · 7 min read · Classical & Temple

Pattachitra: When the Gods Take Sick Leave
Jun 23 · 7 min read · Folk & Tribal

When India's Best Painters Worked for the Company
Jun 22 · 9 min read · Academic & Colonial

Kalighat: Kolkata's 19th-Century Pop Art
Jun 22 · 8 min read · Folk & Tribal

India's First Cubist Was a Tagore You've Never Heard Of
Jun 22 · 8 min read · Masters

The Dancing Shiva, Decoded
Jun 22 · 6 min read · Masterpieces

Inside Akbar's Painting Factory
Jun 22 · 8 min read · Mughal & Miniature

They Carved a Cathedral Out of One Rock — Top Down
Jun 22 · 7 min read · Masterpieces

Warli Art: A Whole Cosmos in Circles and Triangles
Jun 22 · 6 min read · Folk & Tribal

Bani Thani: The Woman Behind India's Mona Lisa
Jun 22 · 7 min read · Masterpieces
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