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Portraits of the Artist as a Model

// January 30th, 2010 // No Comments » // Cultural Politics

Last week some energetic young painters among my students in plus two at GVHSS Rajakumari asked my permission to draw my portraits.  I spend some time sitting before them as a model for their artistic practice.  They have shown tremendous vigor and gusto in representing my image in an imaginative way adding touches of irony [...]

Kumarakam: The Winged Visitors are Still Here!

// January 24th, 2010 // No Comments » // Eco Watch

The Green Haven
Kumarakam, a lagoon like village on the eastern banks of the Vembanad lake in central south Kerala  is a traveler’s paradise.  This picturesque land in Kuttanad is well connected by road to Kochi and Kottayam.  Its green paddy fields, meandering canals and waterways, vast stretches of water lilies, long and fading rows of [...]

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