Category: Art

Our dear friend Anaheez Karbhari, an extremely talented graphic artist in Toronto, was recently featured on the Indian Women’s Blog. “My artwork relies heavily on my background as a Zoroastrian, whose parents were born and raised in India,” says artist Anaheez Karbhari. Anaheez’s artwork explores her roots, the experience of being a Zoroastrian in India… Continue reading Artist Anaheez Karbhari Is Capturing The Experience Of Being A Zoroastrian Woman In India

Celebrated Indian contemporary dancer and choreographer Astad Deboo on his 50-year career, hitchhiking across the world and more Article by Samira Sood | CNN Traveller Astad Deboo in flow. Photo: Amit Kumar Astad Deboo is no stranger to accolades: from a Sangeet Natak Akademi award to a Padma Shri, he has them all. But perhaps… Continue reading The dancer’s guide to hitchhiking: Astad Deboo

World-renowned Pakistani artist, peace activist and social crusader Jimmy Engineer has been selected for Habib Jalib Peace Award for 2019 in appreciation and recognition of his meritorious services in the field of art and social work. Habib Jalib Peace Award Committee, according to an announcement, will present the Peace Award to Jimmy Engineer at a… Continue reading Jimmy Engineer selected for Habib Jalib Peace Award

Sarosh Anklesaria is one of the six winner of the 2019 RIchard Rogers Fellowship. Announced by the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Sarosh will will spend three and a half months completing an in-residency research program at the Wimbledon House in London. The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) revealed the six winners of the… Continue reading Architect Sarosh Anklesaria Wins 2019 Richard Rogers Fellowship

The dancer is revolutionary in many ways, one being his ability to make his body do what he wants it to At 71, Astad Deboo has one hell of a back bend. In his new performance Liminal, and the forthcoming Interconnect, the dancer’s spinal column does a lot of work. “I am working much more… Continue reading Astad Deboo’s Astonishing Back-bends

Jimmy described his wall paintings depicting Allama Iqbal’s masterpiece Javed Namah as his most difficult work, but also one of his major artistic achievements “I have been sent here,” said an unfamiliar man, in a dark shalwar kameez, as he stood silhouetted in the doorway of my Karachi hotel room. It was late in the… Continue reading Jimmy Engineer: “The servant of Pakistan”

From Auckland to Mumbai to Tehran, textile artist and aesthete Areez Katki is retracing his family’s great odyssey, for inspiration for his next collection Instead of using a tapestry frame, textile artist Areez Katki is using pre-woven fabric and embroidering it by hand for his new exhibition. Pics/Suresh Karkera A Parsi house is a living… Continue reading Textile artist Areez Katki retraces his family’s odyssey