Journalism of Courage
Colourful drops
With an art exhibition titled Monsoon Messages the city will have the season through the artists perspective as the Ishanya Art and Culture Club will juxtapose the art of six different artists this season. Currently on at the Tilting Art Gallery at the mall the artists include Dipalle Parmar- Haworth,Ketaki Pimpalkhare,Deepak Sonar,Pramod Gaikwad,Rupesh Hiragude,Shrikant Panchal and sculptor Gauri Gandhi. Monsoon Messages will be on till July 4 from 11am to 7pm
Quiet rendezvous
Narrating the real life spiritual experiences of the followers of Avatar Meher Baba,one of his followers Nan Umrigar recently launched her second book Listening to the Silence in the city. The book was launched by advocate Makrand Adkar of the Supreme Court of India. Adkar along with his wife Yogini have been communicating with his own son who passed away in November last year. We would not have survived without our son. The scriptures from all the religious books speak about a life after life but we decided to go to Nan after we heard her experiences. And we got the ultimate gift again. Our son was sent back to us, affirms Adkar giving all credit to Nan for giving them their life back. This is her second book after Sounds of Silence,which was published in 1995. In 1979,Nan’s son Karl,a jockey by profession,ran a race at the Indian Derby. On the last day,the horse he was riding fell in the racing rink crushing Karl’s lungs. After battling with life for the next 18 days,Karl gave in and passed away. My son did not die,he just went to another world, believes Nan adding,It is only through Baba’s love and blessings that my son Karl is still with me. The event was followed by a mesmerising performance by English musician,Gary Lawyer.
Art might be inborn,but artistes can certainly be created. India Art Gallery has organised workshops in pencil sketching and water colour painting on June 26 and 27 at Paranjpe School,Kothrud and Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan School Senapati Bapat Road respectively between 10 am to 6 pm. While the pencil sketching workshop will focus on basics of sketching,shading,use of charcoal pencils,landscapes and face study,the one on water colour will include- colours,different types of wash techniques,landscape,still life and outdoor landscape painting.
