Midsummer Jardin : More About My First Hand-Painted Jacket #KhaosPhilos
“Midsummer Jardin”, 2020 is available to buy here on my online shop. At one level it feels like I’m getting to live my childhood dreams of painting everything in sight…
The Joe Rogan Experience Podcast Moves to Spotify : What Does That Mean?
header image above is from the official spotify press release page Anchor.fm is one of the platforms where launching your own podcast, all by yourself, is the easiest thing to…
Mountains From The Air : Desktop Wallpaper Release
This image evokes desolation in mind at first instance. But then it evokes power and vastness. Another two-tone, even monotone image for your desktop. I’m not one to usually use…
Listening In On A Webinar : Influencer Marketing Post The Pandemic
CONTEXT The webinar was free. Duration was one hour. Over the one hour, the maximum number of people online was 56 and the minimum seemed to be 35. There was…
Water Lilies, 2.5 Inch Wearable Art Brooch
( This painting is now SOLD. Before I could even write and publish this blog post, which is incredible. I’m grateful for those of you who are patrons of the…
Gratitude In Times of Uncertainty
This is being written from a place of privilege. The majority of the people who will be reading this, will be reading this, also from a place of privilege. Keeping…
2009 #40and10in2020
This photograph is probably our first selfie together. B wasn’t interested in talking with me, let alone seeing me in-person. I got his number from his brother, who told me…
1993 #40and10in2020
Before I take you forward, to 2009, I wanted to take you back a bit. In the photograph above, from left to right : Bharat ( the one I refer…
Sunlight Through Leaves : Desktop Wallpaper Release
Back at The Huntington Library & Botanical Gardens in Los Angeles. When I’d gotten in at 10 a.m., which is when the place opens, the light wasn’t very interesting. I…
2008 #40and10in2020
2008, Marine Drive, Bombay. Almost done with Bombay. Almost. On my trips back home to Gurgaon, I had met & started dating a cute Jat boy. It was glorious. A…
2007 #40and10in2020
There were three of us crammed into a tiny tiny apartment in Parel. The washing machine was in the kitchen. Fixed hours for water supply meant that we had to…
2006 #40and10in2020
2006, Self-Portrait on a FujiFilm Analog camera. Barefoot Resort, Havelock, Andaman Islands. To me, it is incredible to see how far I’ve come since I shot this photograph. Bombay to…
2005 #40and10in2020
Me in 2005. Princess Park, India Gate, Delhi. Shot on film. (I’m not sure who shot these but it was either dad @vpredhu or @akanksharedhu) I dug up a bunch…
Daffodils. Nargis. Art. Friends.
“Nargis” in Hindi (नरगिस) “Daffodils” in English. “Narcissus” In Eastern culture (including, as referenced by Rumi), these flowers represent “eyes”. In various connotations. Also related to bestowing wealth & prosperity…
Sunset, Los Angeles : Desktop Wallpaper Release
This was photographed at the Intercontinental Hotel in DownTown Los Angeles. As seen from the 70th floor, which is the lobby of the hotel. You can also go up to…
A Photographic Walk Through Huntington Botanical Gardens : Desert Section. Los Angeles, November 2019
You can buy an entry ticket online. On entering, you still have to stand in queue to get your sticker but this queue is as short as the members-only queue.…
At Adobe Max 2019 #NAINAxADOBE
There is no way for me to describe the scale of the event except to continue to bring up the fact that there were a total of more than SIXTEEN…
Adobe Max Insiders’ Summit 2019 #NAINAxADOBE
So many Adobe Insiders that there was an Adobe Max Insiders’ Summit separately, which included some panel discussions on stage with creatives from around the world, lunch, workshops, a bus…
Counting Calories & Getting Back On The Health Wagon
This is how I was counting calories in 2015. It was my first attempt at trying to get fitter, in a structured manner, at my own terms. It was the…
Getting to LA #AdobeMax19 #NAINAxADOBE
Not wanting to forget my thoughts and observations, I wrote about what was fresh in my mind back in November when I was just back from the Adobe Max Creativity…
Setting Up At My First Art Exhibit, February 2020 #KhaosPhilos
To get to the above layout – in the photograph above, I had to decide to do a dance between how many paintings I wanted to show and how many…
Blenders Pride Fashion Tour, 2020 : Grand Finale, Mumbai #NAINAxBPFT #MyIndiaMyPride
The Grand Finale of the 15th edition of the Blenders Pride Fashion Tour was a multi-designer extravaganza that also featured the brand’s ambassador actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas as the show-stopper.…
BMW at the India Art Fair 2020 #EyesForLuxury #BMWAtIAF
At the recently concluded India Art Fair, BMW India got in touch. BMW is a presenting partner for the India Art Fair. I’ve always glanced into their Collectors’ Lounge at…