“Kamshamnida!” She said with a nonchalant smile that placatingly widened while she enunciated the extra aah sound at the end of that alien word that she threw at me. “I’m sorry but I do not know what that means.” “Kam-sa-ham-nida”, she broke it down for me. “It means thank you in Korean”. “Oh, you’re welcome, it…
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For the Love of Nature: Messages from a young Nature Conservationist
“Influencing people is not easy. It is a slow and gradual process…” expresses a young conservationist and a lover of nature, Arundeep Singha, from Silchar, Assam. We are living in times when one after the other, nations are declaring a state of climate emergency. In times like these, it is also the work of conservationists…
A Marriage of Art Forms: Exploring social issues through Art with Nori Norbhu
Born in the quaint town of Darjeeling, Nori Norbhu is an upcoming artist from the region. Her works are usually bright, colourful and portrays illustrations of women of colour in various public spaces. Being raised in a family of women, Norbhu has felt strongly about issues of women empowerment from a young age. The artist,…
Wearabout are we? Lessons from people, streets and times
Browsing through the Wearabout blog is an enthralling experience altogether. One of the most notable format in Wearabout is that of drawing parallels. In one such post titled ‘Boot Boys & Recycling Girls’ the post is a juxtaposition of two images: of two young boys who work in a shoe shop/restaurant in Shillong and of…
What is the colour of your root? Exploring contemporary Northeast on the canvas with Thokchom Sony
Whether we choose to make a note or not, the Himalayan mountains, its foothills, the Brahmaputra floodplains in the Northeast and the people that inhabit it are all subjects of the ever-evolving contemporary world. If there is someone making a note of contemporary Northeast India, it is a young Manipuri artist, Thokchom Sony. A shift…
