BUZZ
BUZZ And such a stock of custardapples. And so many thoughts of you. And hoping that the season holds till Diwali. And hopefully I will bring some home. And the…
TQ
TQ When corporate MTV with its hard-bitten bottom line wanted to Indianise the channel what exactly did we get, some very exciting, clever, creative and cool promos that show we…
Om-ega
Life is sometimes so preoccupied with imitating art that the obvious, taken for granted, lowly truths go unnoticed. Until the cobwebs of time and disuse hide them forever like sand…
The Future is the Past… eulogized.
Most futurologists generally will consult paleontologists. To know where we might go it would be worthy to note where we came from. Photography as we know it is the one…
Bangkok
BANGKOK An orchid wafts over two oceans and drops onto an asphalt floor. Spores disseminate and are carried in a peristaltic motion of omnibuses radially over Siam. A repressed spore…
Peshal
Peshal I write this form a place 100 kilometers from Nasik city and two kilometers from the Gujarat border. Surganna is in the famous Dang teak and bamboo forests. I…
Paris
Paris Dhurries in the shop window read ‘Kismet at reduced rates.’ In the Algerian marketplace the little people are rummaging the left-overs. The punk has her hair and elders shocked…
From banning the Bra to Wonderbra – the (victoria’s) secrets out.
Feminism, the bad good word of the 60’s, is symbolized in the burning of bras, mythic or otherwise. Bra burning was considered a protest against the Miss America pageants, just…
Sheetal Gattani – catalogue
Sheetal Gattani’s paintings at first make you wonder where the painting is. They are subdued, reticent, squares of texture in the true abstract mold. When the figurative moved to the…
20/Twenty
20/Twenty 28/2/08 Photography is being accelerated to fine art heights and not a moment too soon. There are at least 4 photography shows going on concurrently. February is peak season and…