Aug 22, 2008

A delightful meeting, particularly for the Annes, was an evening spent with Dr Alka Raghuvanshi - India’s first trained art curator, having trained at the Goldsmiths College, London and the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford. She has curated and designed major exhibitions many of which travelled to other parts of the country and the world as well. All the exhibitions were marked by an amazing interplay of indigenous design and their contemporary connect.

Alka is also a sensitive painter in her own right besides being an author of repute having written several volumes published by the National Literacy Mission in conjunction with UNESCO. A senior columnist and author, she has been on the editorial teams of the Indian Express, the Times of India and the BBC, where she consistently wrote to cover literature and the entire spectrum of the arts including dance, music, theatre, painting and crafts. As editor of ‘Swagat’ she redesigned and re-launched the magazine to take into account the changed arts scenario in terms of design and coverage.