Narad Muni

I was the first reporter of the universe, covering events single-handedly.

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Kochi-Muziris Biennale
Giving Scrap A Second Life

Archana Hande’s installation ‘My Kottige’ is her innovative take on urbanisation and changing times. In her artwork, she has arranged discarded things as a witness of their time and space

Omar Rashid
Kochi-Muziris Biennale
A Feminist Memory Project

The Nepal Picture Library showcases photos of women from that country, both ordinary and celebrated, so that history doesn’t forget them

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
Kochi-Muziris Biennale
Capturing Conflict In Chhattisgarh

In his project ‘A Peal of Spring Thunder’, photojournalist Ishan Tankha has captured the conflict in Chhattisgarh in captivating and compelling images

Omar Rashid
Kochi-Muziris Biennale
Australia's Tent Of Resistance In India

Australian artist Richard Bell maps the spirit of the aboriginal resistance by setting up a tent at Aspinwall House in Kochi. Named the ‘Aboriginal Embassy’, the tent is a symbol of neglect, dispossession and resistance

Abhik Bhattacharya
Kochi-Muziris Biennale
Painting Dream Sequences For Collective Healing

Nepal-based artist Mekh Limbu feels that while it is important to talk about suffering and suppression, conversations around the process of healing are equally important. Through his paintings, which depict dream sequences, he is striving to preserve Adivasi tradition and languages

Abhik Bhattacharya

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Updated: 29 Jan 2022 9:18 am

This minute above Delhi, the next over Nagpur RSS and the Organiser office. Nice to be omnipresent and travel anywhere I like. Yes, I have a special liking for the RSS who remembered that May 6 was my real birthday and not May 10. O, how nice of them to suggest that modern journalists should make me their model. After all, I was the first reporter of the universe, covering events single-handedly. The gods could detect my personal touch at every single important moment of the Kurukshetra war.

Mind you, it was a tough assignment, I mean covering the war single-handedly. There was no PTI, UNI and agencies like Reuters were busy covering their own wars like the Homeric wars, the Battle of Marathon and so on. The RSS mouthpiece Organiser recognised the important fact that I was present at every critical juncture of the Ramayana. It was a tough job and I can now confess I did doze off a little when Kumbhakarna fell asleep and got up just in time for the crucial battle against Lord Rama and his monkey army.