Year: 2018
Alok Som: Artist, Architect, Cook, Weaver, Teacher
“My journey is against being or creating the perfect. Growing and keeping a communion with the common and the general requires some level of education or training,” says Alok Som, our Renaissance Person for the Quarter.
Let the Body Speak
“When you write what is in your mind, it makes you feel that you are sharing it with someone. And that encourages you to write more and more.”
Interposing Concepts of Body and Art
Alok Som, our Renaissance Individual for the Quarter, in Conversation with Dolonchampa Chakraborty
Body – Mind Communion: The New Renaissance
Dolonchampa Chakraborty “I don’t envision a single thing that when tamed, guarded, protected, restrained, leads
Bodies and Alterbodies
A view of Sajitha R Shankhar’s visceral engagement with and raw understanding of the body.
Body Desires
Can desire and sexuality escape prescriptions? Read responses of the author of ‘Infinite Variety: A History of Desire in India’, as well as a chapter from the book!
Body Belongs
A Tibetan poet and activist explains how one can belong intensely to one’s convictions, when one’s body is subjected to torture.
Body Sings
The Gundecha Brothers explain how a scientific exploration of the body is essential to the making of a musician.
Body Dances
A Creative Movement Therapy expert talks about breaking the body’s habits to find its freedom and expression.
