Which fish?

Which fish do you want to be? A small big fish or a big small fish? 

Note: Big fish eats small fish.

Virtual Fragrance

Mumbai Love

MUMBAI, not just a city of dreams but of reality and existence... 

For a recent project, I illustrated these monuments that are an identity of this city where dreams come true.  

Mondays at the Market

I like going to the market on Mondays. Its a start full of inspiration for the long week!

The Crawford Market, one of my favorite places since I have come to Mumbai. For four years I was studying my grad school right next to Crawford market and then when I was in Ahmadabad for my masters, I always looked for reasons to come to Mumbai and visit the vast market. Today when I live in the suburbs, in-spite of it being far away, I do not find any other market as interesting, as convenient and as friendly as the Crawford market.

From fruits and vegetables to dry fruits and chocolates, paper and colors to beads and jewelry, threads and fabrics to clothes line and laundry bags, bulbs and lanterns to pens and books, poly bags and china made toys to leather belts and luggage bags, party decorations and art frames to  hardware equipment and machinery, cutlery and dining sets to kitchen and table linen, curtains and beds to anything and everything.

And it is more fun when shopkeepers know you as you are a frequent visitor :) 

Happy 2014

Wishes for the new year... may the happiness stay forever!

Man made Gold

The Golden Jaggery of Kolhapur gets GI rights!

I have been fortunate during my childhood for having been served this golden jaggery directly from Kolhapur through my maternal grand father. And my mom still get her share of stock every year.

Can you imagine maharashtrian brahmin cuisine without the use of jaggery/gul? I cannot!
It is one of the ingredient without which my kitchen is incomplete. Gul poli, til gul, puran poli, modak, ghavachi kheer, amti, vangyachi rassa bhaji... name it and life is more live-able!

Thursday Blues

Colorful Blots

Today Google doodle is dedicated to Hermann Rorschach, known for the famous Rorschach Ink Blot Test for psychoanalysis.

As a kid, I loved making such blots and I still do...
What I like is the fact no two blots are alike, they are accidental and cannot be controlled. They are magic! These blots make you think beyond reality, they extend your limits of visualization and creative thinking.

On the birth anniversary of Harmann Rorchach's I get to post some colorful patterns I developed using the blot technique.

more color...

Recently I got a new set of Winsor & Newton water color and colored drawing ink... have been exploring them on and off. Will keep posting things... like the one below which I like. Do you?

Gandhi