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India’s Bronze Woman, Jasuben Shilpi Had a Spine of Steel & a Heart of Gold
It was the mid-1970s. A young Jasuben Shilpi had received a sculpting assignment with the Rajkot Municipal Corporation. The Ahmedabad resident could have easily taken a bus or train to cover the long...
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This 25-YO’s Innovative Paintings Are Educating 50 Andhra Villages About...
With The Positive Collective, The Better India’s COVID-19 coverage is available to regional language publications for free. Write to editorial@thebetterindia.com for more details. It is around 7.30...
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20-YO With Asperger’s Syndrome Creates Stunning Paintings You Have to See!
For Betsy Jenifer hailing from Vellore, Tamil Nadu, communicating and socialising with others had always been a struggle. Up until four years ago, the 20-year-old did not know that she had Asperger’s...
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Born Without Hands, Hearing-Impaired Man Makes Stunning Paintings With His Feet
“Paintings are universal, there are no prerequisites to understand them. All it takes is your creative imagination,” Gaukaran Patil expresses through his feet via sign language. A gifted painter from...
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Mask-up in Sustainable Style, While Supporting Amazing Artisans from Across...
With lockdown restrictions easing in most parts of the world, and our country, wearing a mask has become mandatory. It is almost the next indispensable fashion accessory. Facing the challenges posed by...
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A Candy Seller at 15, Inspiring Artist Rose to Acclaim from MF Hussain & APJ...
There’s a certain amount of life that goes into any painting. It could be inspiration from nature or just plain experiences from day to day life. But most of the time, it is this tiny aspect that...
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‘I Was Called ‘Trash’ All My Life, Now I Use It To Make Artwork’: NRI Sculptor
What would you do with a few bottle caps? Discard them, I presume. But 39-year-old Harminder Singh Boparai uses such discarded pieces to create stunning works of art. His latest work, titled Life,...
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85-YO Grandpa Is Keeping a Rare Folk Dance Alive With His Award-Winning Efforts
Every now and then you come across people who break barriers and inspire us to achieve our goals, sans excuses. Bhathirappan, 85, from Thekampatti village in Coimbatore district, is one such person. He...
View ArticleWatch: Self-Taught Artist Makes Amazing ‘Art in Air’ Out of Stones, Goes Viral
Have you heard of the young artist who is creating art ‘in’ thin air? We say ‘in thin air’ here to give you a sense of his unique artform. KP Rohit, a young artist from Kerala, is mesmerising his...
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Meet the Man Reviving Two Dying Styles of Embroidery With Over 1200 Women
Picking up the colourful silken thread with a tiny needle and deftly pricking the finest hand woven Pashmina shawl stretched across the embroidery, wooden frame to make an intrinsic motif, is what Pia...
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