Drishya

Drishya (he/him ⸱ b. 1997) is a writer and photographer based in Kolkata, India. He was shortlisted for the Mogford Prize for Food & Drink Writing and nominated for the BBA Photography Prize - One Shot Award in 2022.

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As a modern fable, ‘Chaap’ departs from the moral absolutism traditionally associated with folklore, embracing ambiguity and instability instead.

Ashish Shah’s ‘Chaap’ Is An Experimental Short Film Blurring Folklore & Reality In Jaipur

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The story of Phulia is also the story of the subcontinent itself: of arbitrary borders drawn through living cultures, of communities uprooted, displaced, and remade a shadow of their former selves, and of knowledge surviving in the hands of artisans.

Indian Label Acid Moons Is Bringing Bengal’s Phulia Weaving Heritage To Modern Fashion

14 May 2026

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Serendipity Arts is bringing two striking interventions to South Kensington and the Science Museum this June, transforming public space and museum architecture into sites of movement, music, and collective gathering.

Serendipity Arts Is Bringing Giant Puppets & Experimental Cinema To London This June

13 May 2026

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Naidu’s participation is part of a longer history of anti-colonial solidarity between India and Palestine.

India & Palestine: The Centuries-Old History Behind Nikita Naidu’s Gaza Solidarity Mission

13 May 2026

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The books in this reading list reflect these evolving literary currents. Moving between realism and myth, satire and tragedy, personal memory and collective history, they offer deeply human portraits of Kashmir that resist simplification:

How Modern Kashmiri Writers Are Reimagining Conflict, Memory & Identity In The Valley

13 May 2026

4 min read

As India returns to the Biennale this year with ‘Geographies of Distance: Remembering Home’, it does so into a world, and consequently an art world, fundamentally altered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the ongoing devastation in Gaza, and the escalating conflict across West Asia and its worldwide impact.

India At The Venice Biennale 2026: What Does It Mean To Be Home?

12 May 2026

5 min read

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