Wishing All the Readers of ‘The Arts & Me’ A Very Happy Chaandra Yugadi 🙂 Let there be a healthy mixture of bitterness and sweetness throughout this Manmata samvatsara… ಯುಗಾದಿ ಮರಳಿ ಬಂದಿದೆ, ಹೊಸ ಚಿಗುರು- ಹೊಸ ಹುರುಪು ಮನ್ಮಥನ ಕರೆತಂದಿದೆ! ನವಸಂವತ್ಸರದ ಹಾರ್ದಿಕ ಶುಭಾಶಯ! ಚಾಂದ್ರ ಯುಗಾದಿಯ ಜೊತೆಗೇ ನೆನಪಾಗುವುದು ಈ ಕಲಾಪುಟದ ಹುಟ್ಟುಹಬ್ಬ. ಮೊದಲ ವರ್ಷಕ್ಕೆ…
A pen drawing of Lord Ganesh on Sankashti Chaturti (fourth day of waning phase) of Bhadrapada maasa. I love drawing Lord Ganesha and have drawn him many times having some reference in front. Some of them have been published here, here and here. By God’s grace, I have been reproducing almost any kind of pencil…
Pyara Tiranga (Beloved Tricolour) is flown and is waving across India… Feeling the light and warmth that our Rashtriya Dhwaja (national flag) radiates around… Can you also hear the songs Tiranga is singing? It is singing the songs about Indian treasures of textiles and spices and wealth… about all the…
Happy Yugadi for all the readers of ‘The Arts & Me’ 🙂 May this Jaya Samvatsara bring infinite happiness to all the living beings! Enjoy the view of colourful baby leaves, fragrant flowers and singing birds! Let us taste ‘Bevu-Bella’ (neem leaves and jaggery) and speak kind words! Oh, Yes!…
Colours Everywhare! What if the earth was colourless? Or what if we were colour blind? I cannot even imagine a life without colours! The plant kingdom with leaves of various hues and tints and shades, the earth that varies in colour from pale yellow to red to brown to black,…
Holi, festival of colours, falls on this Sunday. People buy artificial colours that may be harmful on skin. I didn’t know that natural colour preparation for Holi is damn easy! I thank wikipedia for giving information on traditional i.e., eco-friendly and healthy Holi colours. Inspired by the wiki article, I…
It was a very happy Republic Day for us. We were expecting just a flag hoisting ceremony. But, it was a surprise package! What I saw first was him, a small boy walking towards the ground with his father… I didn’t see his face. But, his eagerness was reflected in…
Diwali celebration is over… The entire city blasted crackers… The birds flew away in fear. Children got frightened and cried. Senior citizens felt depressed hearing a bang each at irregular intervals. The whole day with the bang of crackers made me feel that I was in a battlefield… What after…
While the Diwali dhamakas are still ringing in our ears, I am unable to believe that this is the 200th post in ‘The Arts & Me’ 🙂 🙂 Do you remember? The First post at The Arts & Me or TAAM was on Chaandra Yugadi 11th of April, 2013. Now,…
*Wishing All A Very Happy Deepavali* *ಎಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ ಶುಭ ದೀಪಾವಳಿ* Festival of lights has arrived like every year. Crackers, sweets, discounts, diwali offers… Have these external attractions succeeded in hiding our inner light? Isn’t lighting a small lamp better than burning money, poisoning atmosphere in the name of crackers? ದೀವಟಿಗೆಗಳ ಹಬ್ಬದಂದು ಪಟಾಕಿ…