If you’re in Kerala, make time for the guided tour at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale. Our guide Shaili took us through the highlights at the main venue Aspinwall House, making connections between the art and its political, social and personal context. Fully worth it, even if you have only an hour like my parents and I did. The tour runs twice a day, at 11am and 3pm, until 29 March 2019. It’s free and no registration needed, just get the entry ticket (Rs100) and turn up at the Aspinwall House info desk. This biennale is especially significant because it has been put together by its first female curator, the renowned artist…
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I always thought I was a city girl. But that changed in the summer of 2013. Over a fortnight, I learned to love the forest the hard way—carrying pails of water, raking leaves for mulching, plucking and juicing for anti-pest spray for saplings.