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Raki Nikahetiya’s artworks exploring migration and memories, from Sri Lanka to Austria, on view at Hyderabad’s Kalakriti art gallery

November 30, 2024November 30, 2024cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] Raki Nikahetiya’s artworks are multidisciplinary, combining painting, embroidery and applique on textiles — and some of them are hung from the ceiling of Kalakriti Art Gallery. This is the Austrian-Sri Lankan artist’s first exhibition in Hyderabad. Viewing the artworks, I thought about the practical ease with which the textile artworks can be transported. I […]

Edmund de Waal: Decoding stories of exile

May 11, 2023May 11, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] Twelve years ago, I discovered The Hare with the Amber Eyes, a memoir by celebrated British ceramist Edmund de Waal, in a book store in Edinburgh. It was another year before I read it and it became my all-time favourite book. Over the years, I have gifted it to friends, family, those I met […]

Bird count shows a marginal decline in migratory waterfowls wintering in Punchakari-Vellayani

January 31, 2023January 31, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] As temperatures plummet in the Arctic, a brownish bird, weighing around 400 grams, begins a non-stop flight from its home in frozen north-west Siberia to winter in certain Indian states. Flying more than 11,000 kilometres in nine days, the birds flies non-stop till they reach their destinations along the Indian coastline. Known as the […]

Migration and memories at the heart of artist Arjun Das’ works in Hyderabad

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] By Arjun Das | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Arjun Das draws from his own identity as a first-generation migrant from Jharkhand, to Kolkata. His solo show, Land of the Leal at Hyderabad’s Dhi Artspace provides glimpses of spaces inhabited by the migrant working class in cities. In search of a better life and livelihood, […]

Flaming fingers at midnight: In Goa, a succulent has become a symbol of local ecology, migration and community

November 4, 2022November 4, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] A prickly succulent, or niveli, takes centrestage at a Pagi temple festival in Goa, symbolising a history of migration and a nod to local flora A prickly succulent, or niveli, takes centrestage at a Pagi temple festival in Goa, symbolising a history of migration and a nod to local flora It is 10 p.m. […]