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  1. A different look at APJ Abdul Kalam

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    / May 30, 2012 / Leave a comment
    A member of `The South Reports’ mailed us this rather interesting portrait of former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. This adorns the walls of the GMR Institute of Technology in Rajam in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh. Rajam is the birthplace of Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao, who heads the GMR group,...

  3. Karachi to Hyderabad

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    / February 23, 2012 / Leave a comment
    These are the works of Anjum Mohammadi from Karachi, Pakistan who has been teaching art at a school for many years now. She uses all mediums of paints, charcoal and acrylics. She loves sculpture and won’t mind mixing that too in the paintings to create a 3D effect. Her works...

  4. Hyderabad’s date with 26 artists

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    / February 2, 2012 / 1 Comment
    Twenty six artists come together to present a collection of contemporary paintings in Hyderabad from February 11-18 at the Muse Art Gallery at Hotel Marriot. Presenting a preview on `The South Reports’.

  5. Painting political lines

    Posted by Jaiwantika Dutta Dhupkar
    / August 15, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Jaiwantika Dutta Dhupkar   Osmania University is a stone’s throw-away from my place, and Arts College, the hub of students’ political activity since Time Eternal, stands like an all-knowing monolith of student destinies. It is another thing altogether, that the majority of students who make it to OU are...

  6. Two hands, one world

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    / August 8, 2011 / 2 Comments
    Take a look at these great posters. Using just hands and a phone, an American phone company advertised worldwide by painting hands in the colours of different countries. It’s just brilliant.

  7. Wall-mart in Bangalore !

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    / July 25, 2011 / 2 Comments
    In 2009. A strange thing happened to the walls of India. It was the year, Indian municipalities discovered the wall. Across India, city walls were painted to clean up the cities. But behind the Government brush, flourishing is a signature style of each city. Because each city has its own...

  8. Quality walls !

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    / July 23, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Piyush Ranjan Rout   It is a common sight in all our cities. Dirty public walls and office premises, used by all and sundry to put up whatever they want or worse, to use it as an urinal. Look at the two photographs from Bhubaneswar below for example. And...

  9. Welcome home, Husain Saab

    Posted by Atiya Amjad
    / June 9, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Atiya Amjad   I cannot forget the days when art was as abstract as God. And artists were demi-Gods who were walking, talking, creative people who dropped off from that abstract world. And oh! how much I would yearn to be part of that mystical existence. As time progressed,...

  10. Where art meets a vision

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    / May 15, 2011 / 2 Comments
    By Kaali Sudheer   They believe that Art is a powerful medium with infinite possibilities of creating a spark, of igniting contemplation. They believe Photography is more than just a visual art. They believe in Giving.   The convergence of these beliefs has brought together six enthusiasts – Amarpreet Singh,...

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