Another Bangalore saga of Art and Railways
Reinventing the wheel another Bangalore saga My coffee-table book, "Reinventing the wheel, another Bangalore saga" is almost complete. As I mentioned earlier in this blog, it chronicles the extraordinary experiment of creating and promoting Art in the industrial setting of Rail Wheel Factory. The book cover A painting by Gujjar, the well-known cartoonist and painter Let me start with our oft repeated a cliché. Indian Railways (IR) has always been an unintended fountainhead of art and culture, reflecting the unique heritage and multi-cultural ethos of our country. I and Lily said it in our previous book, “Art & Railways, a Bangalore Saga”. We had started the Art movement, Safar , in the year 2011, and looking at its success and appeal among Railway men and travelling public alike, chronicled the experiment this coffee-table book. Later, we parted ways and I landed in Germany ...