Author Archives: aurovrata

Stark stork story

Greater Adjutant storks stand by as a boy picks through a landfill (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)
Storks have seen their wetlands turned into a dump (Photo: Ritu Raj Konwar)
Daily, 50 trucks dump refuse from the cisty of Guwahati in Assam, NE India (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

A sad reality, as urbanisation takes its toll on the environment. Deerpol Beel in Guwahati i Assam, NE India, a traditional wetland sanctuary for Great Adjutant Storks has been converted into the city’s refuse dump yard.

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Art from very little

Goddess Kali is a recurring theme in her work
A three-dimensional collage of a village woman made from paper pulp, depicting her putting ‘ghute’ (cow-dung cakes) on the wall of a mud house
Mother and Daughter’  (courtesy: Art Alive Gallery)
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Shakila is a collage artist that has developed a unique style much appreciated,  with little formal training.  Her story is quite a read adopted parent when young would send her old newspapers to make paper bags to suplement her earning.  Instead she developed a unique collage style, mixing paint and cuttings.