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Himmat Shah, Part 4: Finding bliss through clay, and the Self through bliss

#longread, Interview / August 4, 2022

Continued from Part 3. “Buddha and Mahavir were able to make progress only through their own experience, and that why I see art and spirituality being connected in this land. We will have to have conversations like those in the Upanishads, by immersing ourselves in art, and thereby with our artworks. We will have to …

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‘I refuse to be shoved into a box of stereotypes’, says Pakistani artist Fauzia Minallah

Artist Profile, Special Story / June 1, 2021

She is a fearless voice in a turbulent time, a beacon of outspokenness for the rights of women and children, and an inexorable force in promoting environment and heritage conservation. Pakistani artist Fauzia Minallah paints, makes cloth murals, engraves slates, creates installations in the woods, writes and illustrates books, sketches searing political cartoons, and designs …

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