Tag: empowerment
Making the invisible visible: A photographer’s quest to normalize mental illnesses...
A natural state for the human body, nudity in art has always been a complex issue. It is a topic that polarizes people on...
April 2019 Roundup : Our Top 10 Favourite Insta Features
April, with its pranks and sultry heat, ushered in the summer season. Hence, this month on Instagram, we featured art around fruits, drinks and...
This couple quit their techie jobs to document the tribal heritage...
After two years in the corporate world, Piyush Goswami and Akshatha Shetty decided that it wasn’t meant for them. The duo, who each graduated...
Bhuli Art : A tale of revival and empowerment in Uttarakhand
The doodle of a pahadi girl endearingly called Bhuli, meaning “little sister” has become the expression of Uttarakhand’s cultural revival. With carefully crafted illustrations,...
Safetipin: The App that’s making Cities Safer for Women
In a 2018 survey by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, India was named as one of the most dangerous countries for women to live in....
Compass Box Studio: A unique record label that records live sessions...
Any musician in India will tell you that pursuing music as a profession is no easy gig, and this is especially so for artists...
A guide to abolish the notion of a “Good Indian Woman”
Sit properly.Don’t laugh so loudly.Good girls don’t wear such clothes.Girls from respectable families don’t stay out so late.Welcome to the world of an Indian...
Priya Dali’s comic is an Introspection on Childhood Games and Sexuality
A self described work-in-progress, illustrator Priya Dali uses her art to deal with questions of sex and identity. Her graphic story ‘I Wanted to...
Healing through Art: The Art Outreach Society
On a Sunday afternoon, the children at Udhaya Bhavan showed us the models of houses they'd made from ice-cream sticks, smiling with pride. Each...
Reinventing India’s Healthcare System
In a country where funding for public health benefits exists only on paper, affordable healthcare is a goal still far from realized. This is...