Archive - Documenting Culture

An eerie sense of lifelessness: ETA Mall, Bangalore

Documenting an almost dead mall

Jul 18 •

May 2025

Wrestling Disappearances: Documenting a Performance through Drawing

Sharing an excerpt from a documentary-drawing piece I worked on for Hakara journal. This one is precious to me. Please do read and share your thoughts!

May 10 •

December 2024

Drawings of Transience

'Lest We Forget' by Luigi Toscano

Dec 7, 2024 •

August 2024

I wish to create a more selfish kind of art: In conversation with Indrajit Khambe

I recently conducted an interview with Maharashtra-based documentary photographer Indrajit Khambe, about his process and guiding motivations.

Aug 4, 2024 •

June 2024

Can AI art generate beauty?

Towards robust dialogues surrounding art, technology, and beauty.

Jun 18, 2024 •

May 2024

Drawing has Saved my Life: In Conversation with Priya Sebastian

An in-depth interview about an artist's creative journey and processes.

May 15, 2024 •

March 2024

General Post Office, Bangalore

After a long dry spell of non-drawing I recently started drawing again, a few months after moving to Bangalore.

Mar 30, 2024 •

October 2023

Visibility, Invisibility, Presence, and Anonymity: The Many Facets of Camouflage

For a little over a year, I’ve been working as Guest Editor at Hakara— a bilingual journal for creative expression, published online in Marathi and…

Oct 2, 2023 •

July 2023

Glimpses of a Discomfiting Reality

Notes on Barbie, and Drawings from Midtown St. Louis.

Jul 27, 2023 •

June 2023

Clutching onto Urban Trash

And convincing myself the world is not run by magic.

Jun 28, 2023 •

September 2022

The fear of the empty day

Friday September 2, or, a slow return to the grind

Sep 11, 2022 •

August 2022

On moulding clay without concealing its innate texture

I spent a lot of time working with Hakara as guest editor over the last few months.

Aug 18, 2022 •

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