The graffiti walls near Meher Chand Market in Delhi
Walking on the connecting lanes near Lodhi colony in Delhi with a part of Meher Chand market on one end and Khanna market on the other, I realized that government quarters need not be as drab and lifeless as the jobs are for those who stay in them. The quarters have a charming old-world feel...
Look down to discover chewing gum art in London
Travel get more interesting at times when you begin stumbling upon wonderful undiscovered facets of a city or a country. And during my 2017 trip to London (which is still going on… and I do pray I meet and interview this chewing gum artist) I happened to read about chewing gum art on the Millennium...
Create or die
Being pro creation doesn’t mean you need to procreate or you will die. Nor does it work out if we just pick words out of create and say things like eat or die or rate or die. But then I guess we have all sorts in this world. After all, our eateries are thriving and...
Advice to images
An image in the mind lives Connects and converses Just as well as I do with myself. Like verses Images compare syllables and rhymes Hide a nuance somewhere To sometimes forget and then their search Creates a colossal scare!
PicTale 009 – ‘Sarfaroshi ki tamanna’ in Singapore
We stumbled upon a not-so-obvious lane in Singapore that was brimming with graffiti… wall after wall of fascinating art. And yet, the longer I looked at the artworks, I felt uneasy. This wasn’t spontaneous outpouring of emotions… there was something too cosmetic about it. Look at this picture… you find an almost deliberate attempt...
French dessert, some history, and a village
I was categorically told that Hauz Khas Village was a huddle of pretensions and that I’d find girls in stilettoes playing hand-ball with words like trekking, art hikes, creative adventures, and revolutions. It was all there… and more. The village isn’t really a village and yet, it is one. There are doorways with ‘kundis’ and...
Graffiti in Sydney
Trip: Sydney. 2012. Expedia made this trip to Sydney possible. You can catch them on Facebook, twitter, and even on Youtube. Graffiti can be both inspiring and intimidating… legal as well as illegal… accepted and unacceptable… creative and it can be just a mishmash of abuses hurled at you with a spray can from a wall!...
