ThoughtsAn Uncertain Modernity7 Jan at 2:36 pmMahesh BhatThis image was made during a train journey in a third-class compartment from Ballary to Bangalore in 1985 or 86.…
ThoughtsMangalore mega urban region?7 Jan 2022Mahesh BhatMangalore in the 80s was a small town. Folks from big cities even described it as a village masquerading as…
ThoughtsNew World Makers5 Aug 2021Mahesh BhatStudents of Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology at Bisile Ghat, Western Ghats, 2020 I am sure you are…
ThoughtsWishes for a new world -3. Education to develop critical thinking and better public healthcare21 Jun 2020Mahesh BhatTulasi Munda set up a school in the remote mining area of Serenda in Orissa 60s and has helped educate…
ThoughtsWishes for a new world – 2/ Imagination & Governance5 May 2020Mahesh BhatMany of my posts on social media on the current situation have been met with questions such as, “Do you…
ThoughtsWishes for a new world – 118 Apr 2020Mahesh BhatUnequal World. This image is symbolic of the gross inequality that we have subjected our fellow humans to. This inequality…
StoriesKarnataka11 Apr 2020Mahesh BhatU R Ananthamurthy, 1989. I made this portrait at his room in Hotel Anshraya International, Bangalore. He stayed there for…
StoriesGrassland Story, Vol-II27 Oct 2019Mahesh BhatSometime in August of 2011, a senior IAS officer, the then head of Bangalore Development (Destruction?) Authority, stood on the…
StoriesMy work on preserving the catchment of Hesaraghatta18 Oct 2019Mahesh BhatHesaraghatta lake, October 2019. Most of the accumulated water has flowed through the channel that we opened up in 2004.…
StoriesKadri Gopalnath13 Oct 2019Mahesh BhatThe great saxophonis Kadri Gopalnath passed away recently. A sad news for connoisseurs of Indian classical music. I had made…