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Noor Anand Chawla

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Articles by Noor Anand Chawla

Drawing Room: Zoya Chaudhary decodes Lubna Chowdhary’s cross-cultural art

Lubna Chowdhary’s Serial Structures features hand-glazed tiles arranged so as to create a metropolitan cityscape.

Updated on May 29, 2026 10:43 IST

Drawing Room: Siri Devi Khandavilli on Himmat Shah’s thought-provoking art

Himmat Shah’s terracotta heads feel like they were unearthed from an archaeological site.

Updated on May 15, 2026 10:57 IST

Drawing Room: Salman Toor’s art captures what it means to be an outsider

Salman Toor’s Bar Boy (2019) features a Brown man in a room full of White people, who is isolated from the party. (© SALMAN TOOR; COURTESY OF THE ARTIST; LUHRING AUGUSTINE, NEW YORK, AND THOMAS DANE GALLERY. PHOTO: FARZAD OWRANG)

Updated on May 11, 2026 08:32 IST

Drawing Room: Vasundhara Prakash on Nitesh Mohanty’s vulnerable photobook

Nitesh Mohanty’s 2020 photobook Nowhere / Now Here is a chronicle of his time as caregiver to his late wife, Diya.

Updated on Apr 17, 2026 13:04 IST

Drawing Room: Shailesh BR on Susanta Mandal’s moving art

In Hard Copy, Susanta Mandal casts light and shadows on to images through a Victorian-style projector. (VADEHRA ART GALLERY)

Updated on Apr 3, 2026 12:47 IST

Drawing Room: Lokesh Khodke’s comics make you question caste and comedy

In his comic Chudail, Lokesh Khodke presents the witch as a skinny, naked figure, hungry for power.

Updated on Mar 20, 2026 11:06 IST

Drawing Room: Paradise is lost and found in Raqib Shaw’s art

Raqib Shaw’s Horse Catcher (2013) shows a crumbling building and horses falling from the sky. (PHOTOS COURTESY RAQIB SHAW)

Updated on Mar 6, 2026 10:54 IST

Drawing Room: Gourmoni Das spots sacred themes in Anant Nikam’s works

Anant Nikam’s 2024 installation Transmit resembles a plinth holding candles lit by devotees.

Updated on Feb 20, 2026 09:48 IST

Hemmed in: Is all Indian handloom luxe now?

Handlooms are more pricey now. But it’s not benefitting the artisans as much as you think it is. (CREATED BY LEELA USING GEMINI)

Updated on Feb 6, 2026 19:23 IST

Drawing Room: Why Pinaki Ranjan Mohanty loves Jagannath Panda’s art

Jagannath Panda’s 2009 sculpture, The Being, shows a rhinoceros fighting against encroaching urbanism.

Updated on Feb 6, 2026 09:08 IST

Drawing Room: Why Olympe Ramakrishna is a fan of Rithika Merchant’s art

Merchant’s works such as The Inner Sanctum (2022) build feminine narratives and inner worlds.

Updated on Jan 23, 2026 10:57 IST

Drawing room: Why Hasnain Soomar loves Gourmoni Das’s swathes of fabric

Gourmoni Das’s gently swaying fabrics can parallel the ebb and flow of life. (IMAGES COURTESY DOT LINE SPACE ART FOUNDATION)

Updated on Jan 9, 2026 10:01 IST

Drawing Room: Hemangini Maharaul on Nikhil Chopra’s art in motion

Nikhil Chopra’s Lands, Waters & Skies was performed over nine days at the Met in New York. (PHOTO COURTESY CHATTERJEE AND LAL)

Updated on Dec 26, 2025 12:40 IST

Drawing Room: What B Pradhan sees in Nandan Ghiya’s installations

Nandan Ghiya’s collages, such as Interdimensional Adaptations, create a new archive of the present. (SAKSHI GALLERY)

Updated on Dec 12, 2025 10:40 IST

Plot twist: Fan fiction is back. But will writers win against AI?

Movies such as Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara are getting the fan fiction treatment on online forums. (EDITED USING GEMINI)

Updated on Dec 5, 2025 12:00 IST

Drawing Room: Why Prajakta Potnis’s art gives Palak Modi chills

In Capsule 202 (2016), Prajakta Potnis captures the inside of a refrigerator, alien and isolated.

Updated on Nov 28, 2025 11:43 IST

Drawing Room: Wahida Ahmed on Gopi Gajwani’s delicate abstracts

In Gajwani’s compositions, dots, strokes and negative spaces become instruments of rhythm and stillness.

Updated on Nov 14, 2025 10:41 IST

Drawing Room: Shrimanti Saha on Nilima Sheikh’s unsettling art

Nilima Sheikh’s Construction Site reflects the cycle of destruction and renewal in Kashmir since 1947. (CHEMOULD PRESCOTT ROAD)

Updated on Oct 31, 2025 12:31 IST

Drawing Room: Juhikadevi Bhanjdeo on Gopa Trivedi’s miniature-style art

Gopa Trivedi’s Monsters of Our Making-II series is simultaneously elegant and disturbing. (LATITUDE 28)

Updated on Oct 17, 2025 12:51 IST

Drawing Room: Virenpratap Singh Bhaika on Japani Shyam’s modern Gond art

Japani Shyam’s art depicts the forest as a living cosmos where tigers, birds and trees flow into one another.

Updated on Oct 3, 2025 11:49 IST

2000s kids, assemble: Time to relive your core memories

How low did low-rise jeans go? Let’s just say we can recall some people’s buttcracks from memory. (ILLUSTRATION BY JAYANTO)

Updated on Oct 3, 2025 11:44 IST

Get to know... Shanaya Makani

Shanaya Makani says she would swipe right on Pedro Pascal, because who wouldn’t? (@ShanayaMakani)

Updated on Sep 19, 2025 12:07 IST

Drawing Room: Salonika Meattle Aggarwal on Senaka Senanayake’s vibrant art

Senaka Senanayake’s Butterflies (2022) depicts the insects and lush greens native to Sri Lanka. (SALONIKA MEATTLE AGGARWAL)

Updated on Sep 19, 2025 12:05 IST

T is brewing: See why fashion is suddenly obsessing over the humble T-shirt

Remember Hailey Bieber’s Nepo Baby tee? It was a stylish clapback at trolls.

Updated on Aug 9, 2025 12:54 IST

Joy division: How Kanika Goyal is making fashion fun again

Kanika Goyal showcased at London Fashion Week and launched a line with Disney. (SHOT BY RAJ K RAJ)

Updated on Jun 27, 2025 11:29 IST

Drawing Room: Hemant Gavankar on Gieve Patel’s Peacock at Nariman Point

Patel’s painting, Peacock at Nariman Point (1999), captures Mumbai on the brink of a new century.

Updated on Jun 13, 2025 04:54 IST

Beige flag: Do global beauty brands understand Indian skin?

Deeper skin tones are prone to hyperpigmentation. International brands fail to address this. (ADOBE STOCK)

Updated on Jun 13, 2025 11:19 IST

Drawing Room: Ritika Aurora loves how Arpita Singh uses pink

Is There Any Other Way To Return Home (2019) unpacks the grief of forced migration.

Updated on May 30, 2025 12:00 IST

Drawing Room: Madhu Das on the light in Sheela Gowda’s Darkroom

For Darkroom (2006), Sheela Gowda stacked tar drums to create a hut like those found in Indian slums.

Updated on May 16, 2025 12:06 IST

Drawing Room: Tanushree Chakraborty on Shahid Parvez’s whimsical art

Shahid Parvez’s Chal Meri Dhanno balances playfulness with depth.

Updated on May 2, 2025 10:15 IST

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