Partnered by DNA YA!, Khushii, the Delhi-based NGO spearheaded by legendary cricketer, Kapil Dev, specially organised an art camp — India on Canvas—Junior — is creating waves by bringing together children and prominent artists to create artworks in the name of charity.

About 75 well-known artists from all across the country like Anjolie Ela Menon, Riyaz Komu, Laxman Srestha, Sunil Padwal, Satish Gujral, Akbar Padamsee, Baiju Parthan among others will showcase one work each of 1x1 foot on the 26/11 tragedy at the Trident Rooftop, where most people lost their lives during the terror attacks. The funds from the exhibition (on March 2-3, at Olive, Mahalaxmi) will go to the victims of the terror attacks.

Artist Riyaz Komu, who has made a portrait for the exhibition, says, "I have made one portrait of sports person Yunus Mohammad. The portrait shows his struggle of living in an occupied land."

JMM President and former Jharkhand State Chief Minister Shibu Soren was hospitalized following a suspected urinary infection.

Soren, who is in his 60s, was admitted to the intensive care unit of Bokaro General Hospital.

Speaking with the reporters over JMM leader condition, BN Mahapatra (Medical director, Bokaro General Hospital) said, “"He is running a high fever and we suspect urine infection. Tests are being conducted.”

According to the doctors the blood pressure of the JMM leader was found high.

Expression and Freedom (E&F), a city-based creative academy will have Nagesh Kukunoor to launch its first ever poetry compilation by nine of its budding poets, titled Cronky Bronxton

“I don’t think anyone has the capacity to write like a child, they’re not tainted by any external influences, their minds are free,” says Insiyah Kirloskar, the mind behind Expression and Freedom (E&F), a city-based creative academy. The academy will launch its first ever poetry compilation by nine of its budding poets, titled Cronky Bronxton. The book will be released today by well-known director Nagesh Kukunoor.

Feast your eyes on paintings that will leave you impressed. Works by artists such as Sharad Bharadwaj and Deepak Thimaya are up for sale at the Kahawa Art Gallery. While Sharad’s paintings focus on the abstract, dwelling on themes such as Ganesha, and life under water, Deepak Thimaya, a television anchor by profession, has worked on oil paintings, mostly on nature.

Also on display is Chittara Art — a collection of paintings by artists from the Centre for Revival of Indigenous Art (CRFIA).

At first glance, Chittara could be mistaken for Maharashtrian Warli art. But a closer look reveals intricate patterns that define the Chittara form of art.

An exhibition-cum-sale of Pichwais is on till February 27 at Amdavad ni Gufa

Artists Sharad Soni and Trilok Soni from Gangapur in Rajasthan are exhibiting their ‘Pichwais’ paintings at the Amdavad ni Gufa. The three-day exhibition-cum-sale was inaugurated by Ahmedabad-based artist Amit Ambalal on February 25.

Pichwais is a popular traditional cloth painting, a Rajasthani art form narrative of Lord Krishna’s life, which is used a backdrop for at the Nathdwara temple, Rajasthan. Artists working on Pichwais are known for being very devout and the brother duo, Sharad Soni and Trilok Soni, are no exception.