1st Jan 2023 Getting there We fly on New Year’s Day, 2023. Less crowds, smooth flights even with a layover. A layover, I am surprised to learn, is a rare and slightly anxiety-inducing way of travel for the B! You think you’ve travelled a lot together, you know someone well, and then you learn something…
Another Dutch artist I am fascinated by is Escher. Escher House/ Palace is a lovely collection of his works in De Hague, an hour’s train ride away. Have been there a few times in my years here, and never really tire of it.
My first book, Mini’s World, is in print! Okay, just a custom print of a family edition, not published in any store. But print, all the same! A quick teaser about the book: Mini’s World is the story of a simple South Indian girl, born in the 1930s pre-independence India. This girl became my mother….
This is about a project I undertook this year to repaint my bike. Don’t want the whole low down? Check out my photo album of this project! It all started with my dislike for grey. Green-grey, silver-grey, insipid grey. 2013 Oh, why did someone have to steal my beautiful purple and green Batavus? My “new”…
A place to keep track of my favorites among lesser known artists, and friends and family who dabble in art Daily Art is a phone app as well as a website where you can find art inspiration daily, as the name suggests. Have found several gems through the app, and highly recommend it for anyone…
My permanent art fascinations — the painters and printmakers whose work I return to, write about, and occasionally drag people across cities to see.
A weekend away, a timeout within a timeout. Magical and golden despite the grey skies and rain. Driving without speed limits, just you and I. Across the border, another first. Rain splashing on the windscreen, wipers squeaking. Ah the rolling hills, and trees clad in autumn hues… the road winding through sun and rain across…
Shocked and saddened that the Notre Dame has burned down… CNN news article here: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/16/europe/notre-dame-cathedral-fire-intl/index.html A pictorial homage to the Notre Dame from my photos from Jan 2012, the last time I saw it.
— Jai Natarajan, 3 Feb 2019 In which feelings are felt to the lyrics of Simon and Garfunkel My mind’s distracted and diffused My thoughts are many miles away Excitement had been building for the past few weeks, fueled by updates, memories, vintage photos and travel plans. If cricket is an Indian game accidentally invented…
23rd Nov 2018 – Day 3 We’ve been organized into batches for the 4 buses leaving for Pilani. Priya and I are in bus #3 supposed to leave @ 10am. A bus is supposed to leave at 8 am – only glad I don’t have to find out if it left on time 😛 At…
