The Idea-smithy

This is part of my series on fabric painting (after Peacock and Kathakali). But this was actually painted much earlier than those two.
I had this terrycot shirt checked orange and white. The overall effect was a sort of mustard. It’s not a colour I’ve ever been fond of or one that flatters me. Painting it [...]

The tee-shirt has long been standard youth apparel, worldover. Over the years, its fan base has extended outward and most people can claim to own at least a tee-shirt or two.
How do you wear your tee-shirt? Plain or prints? Bold colours, stark white or neutrals? On the front, the back or both? With a slogan, [...]

I’m fascinated by Indian designs, motifs and art forms. Such vibrant colour! Such dazzling variety! I did a set of pieces called ‘Tandav’ using motifs and images from Indian dance forms. Sadly enough I didn’t think to take pictures back then and most of those garments have been worn out and discarded.
Kathakali (for the uninitiated) [...]

Landmark is having their annual sale! Of course you knew that if you are a book-lover in this city. But did you know that they don’t just have their regular (great!) books on sale but also a load of cool stuff as well?
Check out what I picked up for the princely sum of Rs.199. That’s [...]

I was just about to give up on this section as I found it rapidly running out of options. What’s more, it has gotten a little tiresome to discover that even the wildest of us only show our individuality in our footwear!
Then, like a ray of neon, electric-strobe light, Sushant waltzed in. Let me introduce [...]

This is the first of a series of posts on my artistic experiments. I realised that since each work is a story in visual form, I can write a post about it too. This is one of my recent success stories. I’ve only worn it twice!

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Purple was an unusual colour for a background. This was [...]

I am not a shopaholic. I’m not, I’m not, I’m not!! And for those of you who gasped in shock/amazement/incredulity (or don’t follow my idea-tweets, here are some of the Confessions of a Shopaphobic:

I don’t hate spending money, it’s the dressing room trials that get me down!
I don’t hate toting shopping bags, but I do [...]