Oscar Wilde once said, “Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.” Likewise Chitra Visharad (BFA from Chandigarh), Anita Narain is a painter to reckon with. Having given the Government of Maharashtra exam and being a state and national awardee does ...
Read More »Dnyaneshwar’s Paintings Are Visual Poetry!
I wrapped her in a quilt of profound tenderness I draped her form under the shower of radiant sunflower I enveloped her innocence within the borders of nature I encased her aura within the spectrum of infinite breeze I preserved her surreal force from straying to the wild I sheltered ...
Read More »Becoming an Artist was Natural Progression for me – Srushti Mandar Rao
I met Painter Srushti Mandar Rao, several years back to interview her for a print magazine. And now we thought would be the right time to interview her again, this time for A Journalist Reveals. She is of the opinion, “Art has a very promising future, people now understand art ...
Read More »Journey of Art not Easy – Vidya
We, at A Journalist Reveals, were fortunate to find a Kuchipudi dancer Vidya S V and immediately requested an interview. She had quite a few things to share with us. Here are some excerpts: When did the classical bug bite you? Thanks to my mother’s interest in the traditional art ...
Read More »Sudhindra – Propagating Traditions Through Yakshagana
Recently, we came across the profile of Sudhindra Holla, Country Manager, India and SAARC, Axis Communications. He is a well-known stalwart in the surveillance and security industry. He is also an avid reader, a yoga practitioner and Yakshagana (a folk dance from Karnataka) dancer. Very few people know about Yakshagana. ...
Read More »Mandeera – The Doyen of Bharatanatyam
It has been some time that we at A Journalist Reveals wrote about artists. We recently found Mandeera Manish, who is a Gold Medallist in her field of Bharatanatyam. She agreed to do an interview with us and this is what she had to say for our questions: When did ...
Read More »Kishori Amonkar-The Doyen of Classical Music
Kishori Amonkar is no more. It is not easy to believe as I had met Kishori Amonkar Madam a few years ago for an interview for a local art magazine. She was an amicable and affectionate lady. I wanted to interview her for A Journalist Reveals. I lost the chance ...
Read More »Aparna Mishra is an Inspiration to All!
Despite a birth defect in her left foot, Aparna Mishra struggled to reach the position of the director of a Kathak institute. Armed with a management degree and a post-graduation in Kathak, she worked with corporate companies while running her own institute, Kala Saadhna. Here is a small tête-à-tête with the Kathak ...
Read More »“Music is An Intrinsic Part of Our Family Tradition,” says Ragini Rainu
She did her under graduation in English but changed faculties, from Humanities to Performing Arts, to do a Masters in Music. But she insists that she was into music from a very young age. Born in Jammu, this classical singer finds it fun if she could sing for the movies. ...
Read More »My Mother is my First Guru-Brinda Roy Chowdhury
She wants to learn instrumental music as well after conquering the vocal category. That’s the classical singer Brinda Roy Chowdhury for you. Having had her Taalim on various forms of music like Rabindra Sangeet, Nazrulgeeti, Atulprasadi, Rajanikanto, Geet and pure classical from Ms. Krishna Dasgupta, she was also trained in ...
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