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Om Prakash Jain, born in 1929, is an Indian art curator, collector, patron, and philanthropist. He founded the Sanskriti Pratishthan (Sankriti Foundation) in 1979, widely regarded as one of the foremost organisations committed to cultural preservation and advancement of arts; as well as runs the Sanskriti Kendra Museums in Anandagram, Delhi. He was chairman of …
In 2002, the founder of the Bahujan Samaj Party, Kanshi Ram, announced his intentions to convert to Buddhism on 14th October 2006, the 50th anniversary of Ambedkar’s conversion at Nagpur. But on 9th October 2006, the charismatic Dalit leader died at his official residence in New Delhi after a long history of health complications. After …
Mayawati’s Lucknow: Buddha, Baba Saheb Becomes Visible in the Cityscape Read More »
It was in 1894 when famous Indian painter and artist Raja Ravi Verma, also regarded as the father of modern art in India, established his lithographic press in Girgaum, Bombay. In September of the same year, the chromolithographs of goddesses Lakshmi and Saraswati were launched. Expensive and exclusive pieces of Verma’s art started to circulate …
A Calendar That Starts on 14th of April: Bahujan Calendar Art in India Read More »
‘It was a lone voice in the middle of the ocean, but it was heard at great depth and distance, Gabriel García Márquez wrote in his celebrated novel, Love in the Time of Cholera. It was Love; nothing else makes humans to be crazy. People start to do anything; for Love, people die and start …
Love, Romance, and Portrayal of Women in Indian Miniature Paintings Read More »
The Indian caste apparatus flourished inside the womb of various religions of the Indian subcontinent. Caste practices grow across many religions, like the Sayed-Ajlaf division in Islam; and Jats, Khatris, and Aroras in Sikhism. What is primary to note is that Caste, across all faiths, is a socio-economic practice that creates innate social divisions based …
Why is No Dalit Artist on India’s Most Expensive Artists list? Read More »
The realm of Indian Art and Literature is profusely amalgamated, interwoven and innately connected. The translation of poetries into paintings was a profound form of art associating words with their visuals. Around 200 BCE, Bharat Muni’s Natyashastra, a compilation of Music, Dance, and Drama literature, intrinsically characterizes emotions as Rasas. He enunciated them into eight …
Climate change and Global warming are not recent challenges faced by the whole planet and humanity. Human history remains a history of overcoming challenges and managing obscurity. Humankind is living in a crisis that can no prolonged be neglected. We all know about the changes we bring that impact our living space and destroy our …
Art and Climate Change in India: Who Are the Climate Migrants, Who Affected Most? Read More »
This long-read-research article about Street Art- Graffiti in the Indian context brings multi-layer ideas about social life and street art as a context itself. Kritika Verma This chapter focuses on one issue in the wide-ranging, contemporary debates on the relationship between art and politics: philosophy’s role in these debates and its contribution. In the background, …
Street Art as a Political Tool in Indian Context Read More »
This long-read-research article about Street Art- Graffiti in the Indian context brings multi-layer ideas about social life and street art as a context itself. Kritika Verma It is a dizzying prospect to account for the wide variety of individuals that make up the audience of urban street art, “the only immediate feedback the artists get …
The Role of Environmentally Engaged Urban Street Art Read More »
This long-read-research article about Street Art- Graffiti in the Indian context brings multi-layer ideas about social life and street art as a context itself. Read the first part of this research article here: Street Art and Graffiti In Indian Public Spaces. Read the Second article: Historical Background of Graffiti and Street Art in India. The third article: The …
