What are aesthetics? How would you define aesthetics, and what role do you see it playing in the study of the arts and humanities? Since it’s about beauty and taste, is it subjective or objective? Who defines aesthetics? Are there any categories to classify or frameworks to understand aesthetics? How do you approach the study […]
What does nonviolence (Ahimsa) mean to you? Tell us a little bit about “Ahimsa Conversations”. How and where did all of it begin? Isn’t violence part of nature – “survival of the fittest”? Also one fights with oneself to perform better (an athlete for eg.) How do you see violence with this lens? How do […]
What does material mean to you? Has that definition changed over time? How important it is for a designer to know his/ her medium? Why? What is “rockpaperscissors”? Why did you start it? From your research on materials, what are you trying to arrive at? Is there a goal or just exploration? Because it is […]
What according to you is Prampara and Paddhati? I know these are 2 massive subjects but just a brief introduction will help. What are the main 5 categories of Indian music? (That Dr. Ashok Ranade spoke about) Do all of them have paddhati? Seems like all music will have paddhati but does all of them […]
What is your definition of design and what’s your definition of art? What does it really mean to be an interdisciplinary designer or an artist? Is it an outcome to input? How do you compare it with being a T-shaped designer? Can one start being interdisciplinary? As Massimo Vignelli says, “if you can design one […]
What does a film mean to you? What are the other 2 things that matter the most to you in a film apart from the story? I guess, in the early days of cinema, there was not really an explicit role of a production designer (at least in India). Most of the stuff was done […]
What’s you definition of patience and art? How do you see them both in the kind of art you produce? What’s miniature art? Why was it called limning? Can you share any brief history of it’s origin and travel? Why was it done, when was it first thought of etc…? Where do you see it […]
How & why did we discover pot? Or did we invent it? What were the initial forms made of?Clay? How did the pot look long time ago? Can you talk a little bit about the narratives around the title of the potters. Who is/was a Prajapati or Khumbhar? How did these words come to be? […]
What does conflict mean to you? Where do conflicts come from? Aren’t those inherent? Is there something called a s a good conflict to have? What according to you is the relationship between the performer and the audience or a piece of art and viewer? The artist seems to be in a conflict and somehow […]
People around me, including myself, can identify cars but not trees or birds. How did you get into this and what keeps you so motivated to go into the depths of each artwork on various levels… technically, politically, artistically, and more…? What is the difference between a comic, a cartoon, and an illustration? How do […]
