When the Gods decided to have a splash in Kerala
More than 250 artists across Kerala gathered in Kochi to do their bit to support the flood relief work in the state a few days back by putting up paintings done by various artists for sale and donating the amount collected to the chief minister’s flood relief fund. They are part of the art camp, Kaalavarsham 2018, which is jointly organised by Kerala Lalithakala Akademi and kalakar kerala and held at Durbar Hall Art gallery.
I came to know about this exhibition through one of my dad’s friend and I decided to do my bit for the disaster stricken people of Kerala. At the gallery I registered my name and got a canvas. Overnight I did a painting and I presented my art piece at the gallery where my painting was put up for display waiting for a prospective buyer. The picture I drew was of a traditional Rajasthani woman with a red colorful mirror-work pallu partly covering her face. The picture is done on a black background. She has big bright eyes and holds a traditional Rajasthani pot wearing all the traditional jewellery. In all, she looked very beautiful and attractive. On a daily basis, people in Rajasthan have to walk long distances in search of water, there is so much of hardship to get just one drop of water and now, as if to answer their prayers, the Gods suddenly dump tons and tons of water into their overflowing pots.
Soon enough my painting had sold out and I came back from the Art Gallery feeling proud of having contributed into the Chief Minister’s Flood Relief Fund.


