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Pattarai, Finishing with Lime
20250927 Pattarai- Site as classroom @ Bapughat, Hyderabad “We never realized that it’s not that difficult to work with lime. If we knew this before, we would never have used those chemical-filled paints,” said one of the participants. From stories of the conservation of the stepwell, we slowly started understanding how versatile the material lime
Pattarai, Fillar Slab – Hourdi Blocks and Mud Pots
20250718 Pattarai- Site as classroom @ Madipakkam, Chennai ‘It was a two mark question… didn’t know there was so much design, craftsmanship and such intricate labour behind this filler slab’ said one of the participants; surprised how the one line answer took more than one week’s prepration work. ‘Visualizing the concept of hourdi blocks was
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joy of journaling
‘knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom’ giving ourselves time to sit down and breathe, to notice the stillness we have, is a kindness we could nurture ourselves with. through joy of journaling, we get to go within and embrace this stillness.let us write, sketch, sing, roll in the grass, watch the clouds, notice
Varna- Expression on fabric
Date: 2025 July 12Time: 5:00 pm-7:00 pmPlace: CLD, Akarmaa, SecunderabadVarna is a series of workshops in the exploration of fabric painting. Travelling with them to learn and understand the nature and language of the art.Celebrate the cultural values of “Bonalu” by hand-painting on the fabric. Learn to outline and paint on the fabric through the
Experiential Walk of the Stepwell at Bapughat
In commemoration of the World Heritage Day 2025 ‘Psychic Visualisation’ of the past ‘as-is’ by Kaushik Kumar across centuries of the stepwell, led the participants to imagine the narratives of kings, queens, children, sepoys, fakirs, travellers, camels and the river – weaving a unique experience of the space for oneself. The experiential walk commenced with
20250117 Making with Children_Sri Aurobindo Montessori House of Children, Center for Learning by Doing (CLD)
Date: 2025 January 17,24Place: Sri Aurobindo Montessori House of Children, HyderabadWorkshop as a part of Book Launch and Exhibition: Talking to Chhaya, Ahmedabad With the magic of imagination, colours, fun, and stories, plain cloth cuttings were painted. Brushes, palms and fingers became tools. Playfully, otherwise, wasted cloth and wool transformed into beautiful unique bookmarks. The
Architecture of Liminality
~ Neelkanth Chhaya Transcription of Prof.Chhays’s talk in SNS 16.0: Exploring Gandhi’s Places, hosted by Ethos Foundation The essay is about what I call the architecture of liminality. Now that’s a difficult word. So I’ll just go into it a little bit. Liminality is the state of in-between neither inside nor outside, neither belonging to
Ne Neo Nakru
Could there have been someone who lived like her ? Everagain ? Probably not. A human of such resilience, radiating happiness, imbibing all beings for what they are with her divine smile. Amongst the multiple personality that she literally was, she was a prolific writer. ‘Diary of Little Woman’ was published in The Hindu and