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It has taken years to put the fear of rejection behind and embrace risk, and yet, at the end of it all, I feel more fulfilled than I've ever felt before
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It has taken years to put the fear of rejection behind and embrace risk, and yet, at the end of it all, I feel more fulfilled than I've ever felt before
Mid-day / November 2018 / Mid Day
#MeToo seems to have triggered more than ugly memories, it has banded women together, engendered a determination to end patriarchy
Mid-day / October 2018 / Mid Day
My first time making ravioli was as much a labour of love as it was an attempt at purging the rage I felt from the #MeToo horror stories
Mid-day / October 2018 / Mid Day
#MeToo is a call to revolutionise the structures that have enabled patriarchy, so men are no longer be shielded by their entitlement
Mid-day / October 2018 / Mid Day
Sometimes you return to a place and find it changed, ripened and ready for harvest. Makes one think, 'Have I also secretly matured?
Mid-day / October 2018 / Mid Day
Art inspires awe because it can simultaneously humble and intimidate the beholder, and be like gazing into a mirror
Mid-day / September 2018 / Mid Day
As a first-timer in Turin, with neither Internet nor map, it was intuition and a lifetime of internalised lessons that found the way
Mid-day / September 2018 / Mid Day
After a long wait, the LGBT community in India is now celebrating the end of an archaic, colonial-era law : Section 377
Mid-day / September 2018 / Mid Day
Without our realising it, we have been surrendering, inadvertently, our basic rights as tax-paying citizens of a democratic republic
Mid-day / August 2018 / Mid Day
How do you engage in the sanctity of writing when there is so much out there that occupies your mind space? The answer: concentration
Mid-day / August 2018 / Mid Day
We rarely have had the opportunity of enjoying a work of art by other women because the means of dissemination have been so biased
Mid-day / August 2018 / Mid Day
Where I was meant to be reading and writing, I have instead been cherishing the rejuvenating monsoonal weather in Goa
Mid-day / August 2018 / Mid Day
On the agenda for each day is six hours of solid writing so that the next book I'm longing to birth can assume a more evolved state
Mid-day / August 2018 / Mid Day
Jay Z's public apology in 4.44 goes a long way in addressing the void created by the 'missing apology' from patriarchal forces
Mid-day / July 2018 / Mid Day
I am capable of more generosity than ever before because I have more of my self to give, I have learned how to take pleasure in extending myself
Mid-day / July 2018 / Mid Day
Nothing is more fundamental to existence than the act of loving
Mid-day / July 2018 / Mid Day
It's the unintended consequence of nurturing a cross continental intrigue; toying with the fabric of space and distance
Mid-day / July 2018 / Mid Day
We must learn to renounce past and future to live in the present; because as soon as the future comes, it becomes present
Mid-day / June 2018 / Mid Day
I've often thought about how this tussle between dharma and karma has mostly been represented as a male predicament
Mid-day / June 2018 / Mid Day
Even a single reader's response can transform the energy of a text
Mid-day / June 2018 / Mid Day
Inscribing my thoughts onto paper has always brought me immense pleasure that cannot be shared with anyone else
Mid-day / June 2018 / Mid Day
Travelling through Italy, a land saturated with art, has unfettered my world view, causing me to see even myself in new light
Mid-day / June 2018 / Mid Day
Writing, like with cooking, involves improvising, adapting and responding to environments to which you never expected to become acclimatised
Mid-day / May 2018 / Mid Day
Though my body was tired from the endless travelling witnessing the beauty of Italy, I had to come to Rome to solve a mystery
Mid-day / May 2018 / Mid Day
When I witnessed the 'masterpieces' of great artists in Firenze, I expected to feel ecstatic. Instead, what surfaced was almost ancestral anger
Mid-day / May 2018 / Mid Day
Rediscovering the Serenity Prayer, the premise of which is not the existence of a wish-granting God, but one's own sense of self-awareness
Mid-day / March 2018 / Mid Day
Swinging from one moment of inexplicable fury to another of unfiltered happiness in the space of a monthly cycle
Mid-day / March 2018 / Mid Day
As a qualifier, greatness has always been the preserve of men. All the 'great' classical writers and composers are white men
Mid-day / March 2018 / Mid Day
My week-long hibernation was the chicken soup my soul needed, but that didn't stop my mind from questioning me about productivity
Mid-day / February 2018 / Mid Day
Essay for the catalogue published by Khoj
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Essay for the Publication "Divine Bovine", photographs by Toni Meneguzzo
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Catalogue essay accompanying Avishek Sen's show at Gallery Espace
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Essay accompanying Manisha Parekh's show at Jhaveri Contemporayr
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Catalogue Essay accompanying a two-person show of works by Tanmoy Samanta and Dilip Chobisa
Gallery Espace / April 2017 / Catalogue Essay / [Pdf , 192 KB]
Sebastian Cortes, Sidhpur
Time Present Time Past / November 2014 / Catalogue Essay / [Pdf , 75.8 KB]
Catalogue essay accompanying Princess Pea's eponymous show at Exhibit 320
Exhibit 320 / September 2014 / Catalogue Essay / [Pdf , 84.2 KB]
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Following an unprecedented success last year, classical Indian art makes a comeback at Christie’s annual India sale
The Hindu / December 2016 / Auctions
HOW KEEPING A DIARY HELPS BHARTI KHER CREATE HER ART
Elle / December 2016 / Artist Studio Visit
Claim insider status
Vogue / November 2016 / Opinion
Filmmaker Ashim Ahluwalia on his ode to artist Akbar Padamsee’s untraceable film
Vogue / November 2016 / Interview
Vogue speaks to seven practitioners about their collections
Vogue / November 2016 / Feature
Why you need to read 'Vasudeo Santu Gaitonde: Sonata of Solitude' by Meera Menezes
Vogue / June 2016 / Book Review
Vogue’s ten-point guide to navigating Delhi during the biggest art attack of the season
Vogue / January 2016
One of the highlights of the fast-growing summit’s third edition, Menika Van Der Poorten’s exhibition is a treatise on nostalgia and colonial history
Vogue / February 2016
Tucked away in the by-lanes of Kurla’s commercial mainstay is a neighbourhood soaked in history and diversity
Mint / January 2017 / Travelogue
Sudarshan Shetty is simultaneously interested in achieving a state of minimalism and echoing a position of seeming emptiness through abundance and grandiloquence
OPEN / January 2016 / Review
The shades of a conflict zone pervade the canvas at the third edition of the Dhaka Art Summit
OPEN / February 2016 / Review
Is writing a memoir worth the sacrifice, the self-shaming, the self-aggrandising?
OPEN / March 2016 / A Handbook For My Lover
The rawness of emotion and the earthiness of material give the sculptures of Himmat Shah a primeval aura
OPEN / April 2016 / Review
Our columnist’s visits to the studios of leading artists will bring together the intimacy of appreciation and the privacy of creation
OPEN / May 2016 / Artist Studio Visit
Material has been at the crux of Benitha Perciyal’s art, embedded as it is in the philosophical notion of organic decay
OPEN / June 2016 / Artist Studio Visit
Rehaan Engineer lives by a simple diktat: whoever wishes to devote himself to painting should begin by cutting out his tongue
OPEN / July 2016 / Artist Studio Visit
Bharti Kher smells with her tongue to make her art
OPEN / August 2016 / Artist Studio Visit
Navjot Altaf and a sensibility shaped by Bastar and other distant cultures
OPEN / October 2016 / Artist Studio Visit
Always loyal to the figurative, Krishen Khanna still retains the lyrical possibilities of his lines
OPEN / November 2016 / Review
There’s no dearth of ideas in Subodh Gupta’s studio. There is always activity, a leaping forward in terms of material and scale
OPEN / December 2016 / Artist Studio Visit
The meditative powers of seeing at the third Kochi-Muziris Biennale
OPEN / December 2016 / Review
Jitish Kallat is caught between the mundane and the cosmic
OPEN / January 2017 / Artist Studio Visit
Jitish Kallat as an internationalist continues to plough the ocean of possibilities in his quest for perfection
Open / October 2015 / Artist Studio Visit
As coastlines and water sources diminish, environmentalist Ravi Agarwal’s activism develops a porous border with art
Mint / October 2015 / Review
Reena Kallat’s exhibition creates a genus of flora and fauna to accommodate a new vision of politics
Mint / September 2015 / Review
Meera Syal's new novel is a complicated tapestry about motherhood
India Today / September 2015 / Book Review
The colour philosophy of Raghubir Singh was influenced by his interest in traditional Indian art
Open / September 2015 / Review
About my Mother
Motherland / August 2015 / Opinion
The restoration of Humayun’s Tomb, considered the first significant iteration of what is today understood to be Mughal architecture, is a dialogue with the past as much as it is a silent revelation of our future
Arts Illustrated / August 2015 / Feature / [Pdf , 977 KB]
Sixteen artists and a not-for-profit gallery in Mumbai want to create a trade for artworks that doesn’t involve money
Live Mint / September 2015 / Review
Mark your calendars
Vogue India / August 2015 / Listicle
Fresh-off-the-boat artists, barter shows, photo festivals… Prominent galleries and museums are rolling out the welcome mat for a new season ripe with textures and colours, shapes and moods
Hindu BLink / September 2015 / Cover Story
Crude talk from politicians about complexion is just one angle of the endemic colour prejudice in India. For a self-aware dark-skinned woman, the struggle often begins at home and continues to even salons and bus-stops
Hindu BLink / April 2015 / Opinion
A first-time author shares the secrets of the quest for the ideal agent.
Scroll.in / February 2015 / Opinion
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ARTSY / March 2015 / Opinion
In a digital age where everyone is armed with a camera, what does the mushrooming of photography festivals across the country signify?
Open Magazine / April 2015 / Feature
Opinion piece on the Kochi-Muziris Biennale
Art Review Asia / March 2015 / Opinion
On Meeri Koutaniemi's photography series Namibia-Re/Customized, De/Colonized
Vogue / February 2015 / Photography
the fair is the perfect site to discover rising stars who could be instrumental in redefining the practices of contemporary art in South Asia—starting with the artists on this list.
ARTSY / January 2015 / Art Fairs
Don't miss these riveting panel discussions
Huffington Post / January 2015 / Art Fairs
11 Must-visit Booths
Huffington Post / January 2015 / Art Fairs
Where to stay, what to eat and which art shows you should see in New Delhi.
National Geographic Traveller India / January 2015 / Travelogue
The second edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale has on display 94 artists from 30 countries—masters, saboteurs, and experimentalists
OPEN / December 2014 / Review
Rameshwar Broota’s examination of the male anatomy poses questions about vulnerability and brutality, the ravages of age and time, and the very essence of existence
OPEN / November 2014 / Review
How artists are paying back the ubiquitous nurse from Kerala
Quartz / July 2014 / Opinion
We need to show solidarity with Kochi's "Kiss of Love" protest.
Daily O/India Today / November 2014 / Opinion
An Art Travelogue
Swarajya / November 2014 / Travelogue
Rosalyn D'Mello on the informal solidarity keeping India’s art scene together
Art Review / November 2014 / Feature
Rosalyn D’Mello speaks with artist Nilima Sheikh about her obsessive interest in Kashmir
Indian Quarterly / June 2014 / Interview
Tragedy has been the engine of photographer Sohrab Hura's incandescent work, and with his nomination to Magnum--the first Indian in 37 years -- he's found a new reason to create
Elle / August 2014 / Feature / [Pdf , 1.04 MB]
Rosalyn D'Mello reviews Ananth's debut novel, "Play With Me"
India Today / August 2014 / Book Review
Is the International Art World Finally Moving East?
BLOUIN ARTINFO India / January 2014 / Art Fairs / [Pdf , 3.89 MB]
Private collectors are filling the lacunae left by government institutions in promoting and preserving modern and contemporary Indian art
BLOUIN ARTINFO India / January 2014 / Essay / [Pdf , 1.58 MB]
A brief introduction demystifying the persona of the legendary and pioneering precursor to Indian modernism, Amrita Sher-Gil in lieu of a retrospective at the National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai.
Mumbai Boss / June 2014 / Biography
Rosalyn D’Mello reflects upon her experience of the recent edition of Art Dubai held from March 19 to 22
The Wall / July 2014 / Art Fairs
A review of 76-year-old artist Zarina’s latest show at Gallery Espace, New Delhi, India
BLOUIN ARTINFO India / January 2014 / Review
Review of Subodh Gupta's Mid-Career Retrospective at the NGMA
BLOUIN ARTINFO India / January 2014 / Review
An Interview with Artist Hajra Waheed
BLOUIN ARTINFO India / January 2013 / Interview
Photographing the Babri Masjid demolition almost cost this photographer his life.
BLOUIN ARTINFO India / December 2012 / Interview
An interview with artist Chitra Ganesh
BLOUIN ARTINFO India / September 2013 / Interview
An interview with the legendary curator, Urs Stahel
BLOUIN ARTINFO India / September 2013 / Interview
Inside Jagannath Panda's studio
BLOUIN ARTINFO India / April 2012 / Artist Studio Visit
Review: Gauri Gill's "Balika Mela"
BLOUIN ARTINFO India / September 2012 / Review
Rosalyn D'Mello unearths three wonderful emerging female artists
BLOUIN ARTINFO India / October 2013 / Review
How was the inaugural edition of the United Art Fair?
BLOUIN ARTINFO India / September 2012 / Review
Review of UAF's Second Edition
BLOUIN ARTINFO India / September 2013 / Review
Review of UAF's Second Edition
BLOUIN ARTINFO India / September 2013 / Review
Inside Subodh Gupta's studio
BLOUIN ARTINFO India / October 2013 / Artist Studio Visit
A visit to M. Pravat's Studio in Delhi
BLOUIN ARTINFO India / September 2013 / Artist Studio Visit
Review: Siddharth Dhanvant Sanghvi's "Postcards from the Forest"
Business Standard / March 2012 / Review
A profile of collector, Kiran Nadar
Art + Auction / January 2013
Review: Urmilla Deshpande's "Slither"
Himal / September 2011 / Review
Don’t miss this showing of rarely-seen portraits of F.N. Souza captured by legendary Armenian photographer Ida Kar
Mumbai Boss / October 2011 / Review
Is Mumbai losing its cultural groove to Delhi?
Mumbai Boss / April 2011 / Opinion
'Gandu', with its controversial title and racy sex scenes, is being called one of the most explicit Indian films yet. But will it ever reach our cinemas? We talk to director Q about his battle with censorship.
Mumbai Boss / July 2011 / Interview
Which city offers a better lifestyle for the single woman, Delhi or Mumbai?
Mumbai Boss / January 2011 / Opinion
The post-modern Indian woman is negotiating spaces that many before her had been afraid to trespass.
India Today / August 2011 / Opinion
Fifty Shades of Grey is just smut. If you want real erotica, read the old Indian women saints, and the adulterous tales and body poetry of modern Indian writers. You'll see that erotic literature is about more than just sex. It is about desire and subvers
Man's World / June 2013 / Essay
This could have been a Mills & Boon novel, but for its sado-masochistic twist. So what is it about this cliché-ridden book that is driving women in hordes to read it?
Open Magazine / April 2012 / Book Review
In this 18th century erotic poem banned by the British, the courtesan Muddupalani gives us Radha, a feminist and sexual woman in rage over Krishna’s ‘betrayal’
Open Magazine / January 2012 / Review
How large and comprehensive should a retrospective be? Three current shows, on the works of KK Hebbar, Krishna Reddy and SH Raza, offer answers
Open Magazine / December 2011 / Review
The story of India’s contemporary photography movement is ridden with egoistic tussles. It’s no wonder then that it has taken so long for the country to host an international photo festival
Open Magazine / October 2011
The government proposes to ban ads that sell male deodorants because they are too risqué. But what are censors afraid of—women on top?
Caravan / July 2011
Resemble Reassemble is an uninhibited engagement with the social and political concerns of Pakistani society
Caravan / March 2010 / Review
Does Community Art Matter?
Caravan / July 2010 / Essay
Richard Bartholomew’s photographs open the door to the inner self, bringing the world close to the human eye
Caravan / February 2010 / Review
The art world is desperately seeking reincarnations of art writers like Rudy von Leyden, whose criticism stemmed from deep knowledge of, and intimate friendships with, the artists of their generation. But given the intolerance, backstabbing, petty jealous
Business Standard / May 2012 / Opinion
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