Bijal Vachharajani Every time someone visits our house, their eyes are riveted to two focus points – one a gigantic mural painted by friends on our living room wall, and the second, rows and rows of books. History and social justice, picture books, YA and middle grade books, comics and graphic novels, crime, politics, …
Priyadarshini Ohol: In the Flow State
Round Table India Priyadarshini Ohol requests the pleasure of your company at Priyadarshini Ohol: In The Flow State a Solo Exhibition of her Paintings in the gracious presence of Padmashri Biman B. Das, Eminent Artist, Chairman AIFACS Prof. Niren Sen Gupta, Eminent Painter, Former Principal College of Art, Delhi
Srilamanthula Chandramohan: an artist’s 11 year struggle against the Indian obscenity law and MS University
Round Table India Chandramohan has once again stirred up a storm at the M. S. University of Baroda. This award-winning artist was accused of obscenity in May 2007 for his paintings which he had made for his Masters Final Year presentation. Religious groups both Hindu and Christians protested against his ‘vulgar’ depiction of Jesus …
‘Feminist movements were sympathetic, but never took up caste related issues’
– An interview with Du Saraswathi (First published in the Dalit students’ magazine ‘Insight Young Voices’ in 2005 as “Coalition is the philosophy and need of the hour”) Du Saraswathi is a Bangalore-based writer, poet, artist and an activist. Since her student days, she has been involved with women’s groups, the DSS, peace movements and …