Priya Sebastian

I've always loved Priya Sebastian's blog. I adore her lush documentation of everyday life. Which is why I was intrigued by her Redbook , essentially, a visual journal. According to Priya , "the wonderful thing was that working on the pages of the Redbook led to shedding inhibitions, relaxing and simply doing what I have never done before." More at her blog , The Plum Tree .

Prashant Miranda

Prashant Miranda is beyond introductions at this point. I've featured his work more times than I care to recall . Here is another reminder of why exactly he is so loved here at MASALA CHAI. Enjoy.

Nilofer & Shilo Suleman

A very talented illustrator , graphic designer and self-confessed purple grape eater named Shilo Shiv Suleman wrote to me sometime ago introducing me to her (also) very talented mother , Nilofer Suleman's work. Nilofer started off as a cartographer and tried on a whole lot of different hats on the way to becoming a professional artist(Lithographer, botanical illustrator & potter if you please). Shilo says her mum draws inspiration from the 'ammas',band-baaja- wallahs, astrologers, chai shops, the jhadoos, old hindi movies, truck art, temples and everything in between. To them it isn't 'exotica', it's merely the chai toast they grew up on.

Each painting (usually 5x 5 ft) tells a story ,anticipates an outcome and becomes and archetype.
Each character has a fixed personality but the plot is never static. There are twists and turns. There is love , lust and dilemmas to overcome. Check out more of Nilofer's work at her website .

These adorable illustrations belong to the younger Suleman. Shilo's blog is unlike anything else I've seen before. Take a look & you'll see what I mean. A complete mish mash of everything from free verse to the most sincere scribblings of voyages taken to far away places , to cute little DIY-esque animation shorts.

The Sulemans live and work in Bangalore.

Prashant Miranda

Mr.Miranda is having an exhibition of his paintings until the 15th of April at the Next Shop , N Block Market , New Delhi. Go have a look see.

SooSixty - Inktales

This is a truly adorable blog that I've been reading for the past hour or so. Cute.

Prashant Miranda

The watercolour poet Prashant Miranda is back on Indian soil and will be exhibiting his works in Goa in mid April. Stay tuned for that but in the meantime, visit his blog and take a gander at the colourful pages of his life.

Chamki

Chanced upon the creative meanderings of Chamki (Divya) thanks to the very keen eyed Akshay . She blogs about her life in Bangalore and Mumbai and posts beautiful images from her journal. Check out more here.

Prashant Miranda

A couple of months ago, Channel V decided to unveil the face of emerging India. To investigate it's problems , it's pulse and it's possibilities ; they handpicked 6 avid bloggers to carry out a dialogue that spanned the country. These 6 scoured India, visiting it's various cities documenting their journey on a show called My India Report. I didn't really catch as much of it as I'd have liked to but I did catch enough to lead me to this marvelous character - Prashant Miranda.

This man truly lives his life as if it were art. Shuttling between Canada and India, he chronicles his everyday mundanities with such beauty. His words read like poetry and his images embody perfectly India's essence. If you want to know what I'm going on about, see for yourself - Prashant Miranda