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Andretta: an artist’s paradise located in Kangra valley of Himachal Pradesh

June 25, 2017July 17, 2017 Ramit Thakur

Andretta is a beautiful village in Kangra valley of Himachal Pradesh. It is famous worldwide for its artists’ colony. The artists’ colony was established in the 1920s, when Irish theater artist and environmentalist, Norah Richards, shifted here from Lahore. She was unhappy in England after her husband died and she longed to return. So, when she met an Englishman who was willing to sell her land in Kangra for Rs. 1, she bought it and this place was in Andretta. Image Source It is located near Palampur in the Kangra District,…

Meet Aishwarya Langade: an artist who creates magic with some colors and a paint brush

June 19, 2017July 17, 2017 Anirudh Thakur

Paul Klee, a Swiss-German artist, once said, “The painter should not paint what he sees, but what will be seen“. I totally agree but the case is little different here as the painter or I must say an artist is not a “he” but is a “she“. She is a girl from Pune and her artworks have started making rounds. I believe sooner or later, she will be a renowned name if she kept doing the awesome work and reinventing her style side by side. So, I got a chance to…