Kanchan Rathna,Visual Artist

“we’ll have to start from the beginning” said Anna Korobitsina when I approached her for some interactive art sessions in Russia in 2011!This wasn’t going down too well with me because I thought that as a Commercial Artist & several projects under my belt as an illustrator with ‘The Week’…

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Shatarupa Bhattacharyya, Theatre Maker

Growing up in a typical Bengali Household from Kolkata, introduction to art and aesthetics is something which was not uncommon and unheard of. Since the time I learnt basic spelling, I remember tagging my mother to dance classes and theatre shows and being amazed by the spectacular world of stage.…

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Mario Jerome,Actor/Film-maker

Hi, I’m Mario Jerome, an actor, theatre professional and filmmaker. The path to this career of mine was not a straight one. I grew up wanting to be many different things and ultimately decided to indulge in the Biosciences (academically), something I still hold a strong liking towards.  Fortunately, I…

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Shagun Gaur, Stand-up Comedian

I’m a stand up comedian and here’s my story. Shagun Gaur is many things- professor, financial advisor, a chocoholic but most importantly she’s a disappointment to her parents. So she does the healthy thing of making inappropriate jokes. Having worked with SnG comedy, Bollywood Gandu and more she has found…

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Senneil Gomes, Artist

Dusky, in a world of fair is pretty, my skin colour was often a topic of discussion, with nasty and unpleasant comments always coming my way. Imagine a little girl growing up in unacceptance with the thought that she’ll never be beautiful, horrific isn’t it? Well, that was my whole…

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Swaroop Shetty, Poi Artist

My Story with flow arts started when I was in 6th grade in Mangalore , I had joined a local gym that taught traditional Indian Martial Arts which included fire spinning mostly with Wooden Staff or Steel Pipes having wound cloth material that would be set on fire . I…

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