Abhilasha 2020-21

  RITISHA BAJAJ (CLASS VIII) LAKSHMIPAT SINGHANIA ACADEMY, KOLKATA   I have made the kathputli of Radha & Krishna. Kathputli is a string puppet theatre, native to Rajasthan, India, and is the most popular form of Indian Rajasthani puppetry. Kathputli is an amalgamation of two Rajasthani words Kath meaning wood and Putli meaning a doll. Kathputli means a puppet which is made entirely from wood. However, it is made out of wood, cotton cloth and metal wire. One finds its reference in Rajasthani folk tales, ballads and sometimes even in folk songs. Similar puppets which are rod-puppets, are also found in West Bengal. But it is truly Rajasthan's amazing kathputli which made India one of the first countries to invent its traditional puppetry. Tribes of Rajasthan have been performing this art from ancient times and it has become an eternal part of the diverse Rajasthani culture and tradition. No village fair, no religious festival and no social gathering in Rajasthan can...

  RISHIKA KALA (CLASS VII) LAKSHMIPAT SINGHANIA ACADEMY, KOLKATA   Madhubani art (or Mithila painting) is a style of Indian painting, practiced in the Mithila region of the Indian subcontinent. This painting is done with a variety of tools, including fingers, twigs, brushes, nib-pens, and matchsticks , using natural dyes and pigments. It is characterised by its eye-catching geometrical patterns. There is ritual content for particular occasions, such as birth or marriage, and festivals, such as Holi, Surya Shasti, Kali Puja, Upanayana, and Durga Puja. Madhubani painting (Mithila painting) was traditionally created by the women of various communities in the Mithila region of the Indian subcontinent. It originated from Madhubani district of the Mithila region of Bihar. Traditionally, painting was one of the skills that was passed down from generation to generation in the families of the Mithila Region, mainly by women. It is still practiced and kept alive in institutions sp...

TARAASHA SHARMA (CLASS VI) LAKSHMIPAT SINGHANIA ACADEMY, KOLKATA Warli painting is a form of tribal art mostly created by the tribal people from the north Sahyadri range in Maharashtra India. Warli paintings are among the finest example of the folk style of paintings.The Warli culture is centred around the concept of mother nature and elements of nature are often focal points depicted in Warli painting. Warli artist use their clay huts as the backdrop for the paintings. The Warli only paint with a white pigment made from a mixture of rice flour and water mixed with gum used as a binder. A bamboo stick is chewed at the end to give it the texture of a paint brush. Walls are painted only to mark special occasions such as weddings, festivals or harvests. My art work- My art work- 'Heal the World' is dedicated by saying that only when we are healed from the inside, that we will be able to heal the world outside. Everyone in the world is dependent on earth to save ourselves we ...