Interview – Debasis Sahoo
Most of my artwork is black and white. It took a lot of time and patience to practice stippling. I don’t think you can randomly put dots to get the desired results, you have to be disciplined…
Most of my artwork is black and white. It took a lot of time and patience to practice stippling. I don’t think you can randomly put dots to get the desired results, you have to be disciplined…
Creating a soothing photograph has healing effects and at the same time they are also frozen memories that transfer me to the moment the photograph was made…
With my skills I wish to re-create human emotion by the very index of mind- the face. So, undoubtedly portraits are always my favourites. I follow Andrew Loomi’s techniques and Barrington Barber’s ‘The Fundamental of Drawing Portraits’ has been my Bible all this time…
Art helps me to unwind, art is what keeps my creativity alive. It also helps you to think out of the box and since I observe and learn, it also improves your observation skills, you start paying a lot of attention to details, even in everyday things. That’s how art restructures your life…
At the age of almost 40, poet Jayanta Mahapatra conquered the world with his poetry. A combination of brevity and sharpness that he derived from physics (his subject) and the gift of a strong vocabulary took this poet to places and stages one can only imagine. His poems have been silent protests and an eye-opener for many. Our conversation with the legendary poet’s life, lessons and poetry …
‘जोखनी की माँ’ दरअसल हमारे घर की ‘आपातकालीन सुविधा’ थी जो हमारी कामवाली बाई के अचानक काम पर न आने से चार बच्चों वाले घर में मची अफ़रातफ़री को कम करने में अम्मी का हाथ बँटा देती थी । वो मुझे और मेरी बहनों को ‘मईयाँ’ कहती थी। …
Turn the pages of modern history and see how many women have actually brought a revolution in thoughts, in love, and in life through writings. Very few, isn’t it? And if there had to be one woman among them all to top the list, it would definitely be Amrita Pritam. Pic courtesy: http://www.azquotes.com Amrita Kaur,…
आज़ाद हिन्द फ़ौज का गठन नेताजी सुभाष चन्द्र बोस द्वारा भारतीय स्वातन्त्र्य संघर्ष के महनीय यज्ञ में दी गयी पूर्णाहुति के समान था। हजारों की सेना “दिल्ली चलो” के उद्घोष के साथ बर्मा के रास्ते मणिपुर की तरफ कूच कर गयी थी और “तुम मुझे खून दो, मैं तुम्हें आज़ादी दूँगा” जैसे आह्वान को सुनकर उन दिलेरों ने मानो भारत-माता के चरणों का लाल महावर से शृंगार ही किया था …
“मैं कफ़न बढ़ाता हूँ, आए, जो इसको हँसकर लेता हो..”