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Anainah demonstrates dancing potential at her debut performance

A tale of undaunted Shaiva devotees' journey to Kedara in miniatures

By Dr. S. D. Desai

Miniature paintings are drawn on a very small scale. If enlarged, they would amaze one with their exactitude. One would fondly recall to mind miniatures on the theme of Radha-Krishna, those of Ragmala series and Nathdwara paintings. Handmade colours, particularly the basic ones – red, yellow and blue – develop strong contrasts as also delicate details of characters and their surroundings. A prominent style in the genre is the Pahari style with its variants like Kangra in which countless illuminated frames of scriptures are made and events described in them are delicately illustrated. Such beautiful miniatures, on glazed well laid-out 170 pages, of Artibus ASIAE and Niyogi Books’ A Sacred Journey (2021), written by Karuna Goswamy and B N Goswamy,…...




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Events

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May 28, 2022

Talk

Archana Shah has been collaborating with artisans around the country for the last 40 years to create textiles for her clothing company BANDHEJ, a label influenced by traditional textiles and artisanal skills, offering a range of eco-friendly fashion. Over the years, through many initiatives and interactions, she has been able to revive several craft skills,…

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    Maghi in Nepal, Shakrain in Bangladesh Poush Sangkranti and Tirmoori in Pakistan

Uttarayan in Ahmedabad Pol Ashish Mehta

 

In this Photo Studio, photographer Ashish Mehta of ‘Meet Me at Khadia’, who has been running a time-honoured photo-walk in the walled city of Ahmedabad captures the authentic flavour of Amdavad’s kite festival known as Uttarayan.

Also known as Makar Sankranti in various traditions, Uttarayan festival, is dedicated to the Sun God and marks end of the 6 month period that began with June Solstice. Makar Sankranti, the Indian equivalent of Winter solstice marks the beginning of 6 month long ‘Uttarayan’ period, in which  the northern hemisphere of the planet is tilted towards the Sun. Considered an auspicious time for new beginnings, particularly in agrarian societies, this day is marked with lot of festivity. The festivity is passionately celebrated all across India, but in the city of Ahmedabad, it is specially rejoiced by flying vivid kites using a sharp abrasive string called Manja.

The Heritage city of Ahmedabad is famous for its Uttarayan revelry as people and families gather on the Pol terraces to fly kites with utmost enthusiasm. The festivity is marked with authentic Gujarati dishes including the quintessential dish full of winter vegetables called Undhiyu. This album is a compilation of Mehta’s four years of Uttarayan photography, which was mostly conducted during the evening times of the festival in the Khadia Pol. The senior lensman is using Canon 1100D to capture the saffron hues of the Amdavadi Uttarayan skies.

To be a part of this celebration, you can contact Ashish Mehta as this year he has organised a ‘Uttarayan in Pol‘ event within the walled city of Ahmedabad. Since the happening is meant to be a traditional affair, participants will be given colourful kites, environment friendly manja, lip-smacking indigenous delicacies and of course an original Amdavadi Uttarayan experience curated by Mehta himself.

The captions of the photographs are the different names of Uttarayan/Makar Sankranti in various regions of India, Nepal and Pakistan.

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Reviews

https://creativeyatra.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1.jpg Dogs lampoon human ways in a play Dr. S. D. Desai

Apr 12, 2022

Theatre

The only human presence in this world is of the Narrator, who is a ragpicker – her name is Shakuntala Devi (Shubha Nigam). The rest of them are ‘despicable’ creatures, the scum of society -with one exception all street dogs. She is all ears on overhearing them talking about religion. Those on the fringe are…

https://creativeyatra.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/3-1.jpg Anainah demonstrates dancing potential at her debut performance Dr. S. D. Desai

May 29, 2022

Indian Classical Dance

  Samskaras have significance. They get imprinted in the mind of a child. On completion of ten years of training in Bharatanatyam, Anainah, just out of teenage years, presented her first and thematic solo performance Bhakti Yug at the H K Arts College Hall on May 27, 2022. The dance recital, pretty good in quality…

https://creativeyatra.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/1-final.jpg A tale of undaunted Shaiva devotees’ journey to Kedara in miniatures Dr. S. D. Desai

May 24, 2022

Book Review

Miniature paintings are drawn on a very small scale. If enlarged, they would amaze one with their exactitude. One would fondly recall to mind miniatures on the theme of Radha-Krishna, those of Ragmala series and Nathdwara paintings. Handmade colours, particularly the basic ones – red, yellow and blue – develop strong contrasts as also delicate…

https://creativeyatra.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/1-1-1.jpg Kashmir Files is poised to herald a Turning Point against Terrorism Naresh Gulati

Mar 27, 2022

Film Review

It was about four years ago on February 05, 2018 that I attended the inaugural reception of an art show at Santa Clara University in California. As  the show titled Beyond Borders: Stories of Im/migration focused on mass migrations was opened, the organizers began a panel discussion with five of the 20 participating artists and…

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Poetry

કસુંબીનો રંગ/Kasumbi No Rang By CY

લાગ્યો કસુંબીનો રંગ

હો રાજ મને લાગ્યો કસુંબીનો રંગ

 

જનનીના હૈયામાં પોઢંતા પોઢંતા પીધો કસુંબીનો રંગ

હો રાજ પીધો કસુંબીનો રંગ

ધોળાં ધાવણ કેરી ધારાએ ધારાએ પામ્યો કસુંબીનો રંગ

હો રાજ મને લાગ્યો કસુંબીનો રંગ

બહેનીના કંઠે નીતરતાં હાલરડાંમાં ઘોળ્યો કસુંબીનો રંગ

હો રાજ ઘોળ્યો કસુંબીનો રંગ

ભીષણ રાત્રિ કેરા પહાડોની ત્રાડોએ ચોળ્યો કસુંબીનો રંગ

હો રાજ મને લાગ્યો કસુંબીનો રંગ

 

દુનિયાના વીરોનાં લીલા બલિદાનોમાં ભભક્યો કસુંબીનો રંગ

હો રાજ ભભક્યો કસુંબીનો રંગ

સાગરની પારે સ્વાધીનતાની કબરોમાં મહેક્યો કસુંબીનો રંગ

હો રાજ મને લાગ્યો કસુંબીનો રંગ

 

ભક્તોના તંબૂરથી ટપકેલો મસ્તીભર ચાખ્યો કસુંબીનો રંગ

હો રાજ ચાખ્યો કસુંબીનો રંગ

એવી વ્હાલી દિલદારાના પગની મેંદી પરથી ચૂમ્યો કસુંબીનો રંગ

હો રાજ મને લાગ્યો કસુંબીનો રંગ

 

નવલી દુનિયા કેરાં સ્વપ્નોમાં કવિઓએ ગાયો કસુંબીનો રંગ

હો રાજ ગાયો કસુંબીનો રંગ

મુક્તિને ક્યારે નિજ રક્તો રેડણહારે પાયો કસુંબીનો રંગ

હો રાજ મને લાગ્યો કસુંબીનો રંગ

 

પીડિતની આંસુડા ધારે હાહાકારે રેલ્યો કસુંબીનો રંગ

હો રાજ રેલ્યો કસુંબીનો રંગ

શહીદોના ધગધગતા નિઃશ્વાસે નિઃશ્વાસે સળગ્યો કસુંબીનો રંગ

હો રાજ મને લાગ્યો કસુંબીનો રંગ

 

ધરતીનાં ભૂખ્યાં કંગાલોને ગાલે છલકાયો કસુંબીનો રંગ

હો રાજ છલકાયો કસુંબીનો રંગ

એવા બિસ્મિલ બેટાઓની માતાને ભાલે કાંઈ મલક્યો કસુંબીનો રંગ

હો રાજ મને લાગ્યો કસુંબીનો રંગ

 

ઘોળી ઘોળી પ્યાલા ભરિયા રંગીલાં હો પીજો કસુંબીનો રંગ

હો રાજ પીજો કસુંબીનો રંગ

એવા દોરંગા દેખીને ડરિયાં ટેકીલાં હો લેજો કસુંબીનો રંગ

હો રાજ મને લાગ્યો કસુંબીનો રંગ

લાગ્યો કસુંબીનો રંગ

 

~ ઝવેરચંદ મેઘાણી

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https://creativeyatra.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/A-Walk-with-Thambi-illustrated-by-Proiti-Roy-written-by-Lavanya-Karthik-Tulika-Books.jpg How Tulika Books is creating impact in children’s lives through picture books Nandini Varma

Aug 20, 2019

Fine Arts Literature

A children’s book about a boy who feels like a girl. And about a child brought up by grandfathers. These are some of the stories published by Tulika Books, who have been making children’s picture books since 23 years. Little…

https://creativeyatra.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/romeo-juliet-1.jpg Of youthful passion and star-crossed lovers on Shakespeare’s birthday Dr. S. D. Desai

Apr 22, 2020

Performing Arts Social Media

While the Globe is streaming free its second dramatic production Romeo and Juliet, today is 23rd April, the day William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is believed to have been born and died. One would seldom find a more spontaneous and intense expression…

https://creativeyatra.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/article-on-renaissance-artists.jpg Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello—Artists or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters? Harshil Shah

Nov 4, 2019

Fine Arts History

Did you ever wonder where the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ characters got their names from? Well, your search is complete. Here is a brief introduction of the artists from whom the creators of TMNT took inspiration. Teenage mutant ninja turtles,…

https://creativeyatra.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Dr-Yatin-Desai-Orthopaedic-surgeon.jpg The call of the mountains: orthopaedic Dr Yatin Desai’s advice on trekking Himanshu Nainani

May 23, 2019

Gujarati Interview Literature Photography Travel

In this piece 64 year old Dr Yatin Desai, shares with CY his inspiring story of how to scale towering mountains with utmost ease and how this life adventure activity can shape human character and health. Chances are high that…