The buzziest artwork at India Art Fair resists definition—Girjesh Kumar Singh sculpts people and their bags from bricks pulled out of rubble. The exhibition is titled Haal Mukaam.
Beyond the scale of the India Art Fair lies the deeper pleasure of discovering the elusive new artist, a fresh voice, an unexpected gallery quietly holding its ground.
Embroidery, in particular, is the new trick in town. It has come to mirror a photographic language, capturing stories and textures with an intimacy that paint & pixels fail to hold.
Works of international artists are also on display, including a figure of M.F. Husain and two portraits of Chinese Premier Mao Zedong by Andy Warhol in his pop art style.
Electoral competition now appears dominated by welfare delivery and governance metrics, but ideology has not disappeared in Tamil Nadu. Instead, it has become strategic.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
On lessons from the ongoing West Asia conflict, he says that while US had superior technology and strike capability, Iran used geography to its advantage.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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