VIDHA Saumya

02/09/2026

It is Koshy Brahmatmaj birthday and since she's accepting a detailed explanation of all the favorite things about her, I am happy to indulge.

Koshy is like the most radiant sunny day the sky can invent, who doesn’t just light up the room, she rearranges the entire weather system. Even to moods that are thick and cloudy, one glance from her and everything starts to clear. Her eyes, her voice, the way she notices whatever one may be carrying… it’s like she places a warm hand right on the centre of it and says, “I see you.” That presence is so total, so complete.

She has this beautiful hunger for the smallest, sweetest joys, the way light falls on a surface, the taste of something unexpected, the comedy of the ordinary. At the same time she can feel exactly what is broken or incomplete, and she leans toward it with this soft, stubborn love, determined to make it whole again. She knows life is still overflowing, even when it’s messy and uneven.

There is a ceremony to the way she dresses, adorns her face and body, a respect and joy so intense for what holds us. And the way she makes art, the way she moves through the world has a determined relentlessness and curiosity. Her stillness calm, yet it is never closed. It is always willing, willing to give, willing to share, willing to open itself and let others feel that same fullness.

Happy birthday, Koshy.

21/08/2026

Four steps in the cloud, hundred strokes on silk

04/08/2026

ये चहकते खिलखिलाते पल

02/06/2026

सलाम दोस्त!

ज़िंदगी में ऐसे कई दोस्त आते हैं जो आपकी रोजमर्रा की आदतों, फैसलों, और काम को खुले दिल से प्रोत्साहित करते हैं। ऐसे दोस्त जब ज़िंदगी में आएं, उन से प्यार से मिलो, बातें करो, गले लगाओ। किसी की तारीफ करना एक उदार तोहफा है, जो उसे लाए उस दोस्त के हाथ चूम लो।

शुक्रिया फातिमा, मेरी दोस्त बनने के लिए। हाथ पकड़े हम बहुत से तूफानी दरियायों को पार किया था।

मेरी प्यारी फातिमा,
तुम प्यार हो
गुलनार हो
मेरी अज़ीज़ यार हो
टिमटिम तारा
इतना न्यारा
जगमग जिस से
आसमां हमारा
तुम्हारी इठलाती मुस्कान
एक राहत का मकान
तुम एक पूरा जहान हो
कभी हल्की थपकी
कभी ज़ोर की झप्पी
तुम हिम्मत का फरमान हो

11/05/2026

The constant of the hacks and crosses, for the shudders there are friends.

21/04/2026

The universe, they say, conspires to bring you what your heart truly desires. And then, there are those who do not merely desire, they rearrange the galaxies, and build the very sky under which their longing lands. Abhinit Khanna is one such dangerous dreamer, a gem whose light is sharp, restless, alive, cuting through the dullness of ordinary days, leaving whoever it touches quietly, irreversibly brilliant. And because he is the main character of his story, that brilliance has now taken solid, breathing, gregarious form. Last Saturday, Six Continuum opened its doors in Mumbai. A space that is generous, energetic, mischievous and tender-hearted. I believe it is the space that Abhinit has carried in his heart through every city, every heartbreak, every late-night conversation that refused to end, every individual and community that taught him how to belong without shrinking, every room he has belonged and not belonged in, loved in, argued in, danced in.

Congratulations, my dost.
The host with the most.
And more to come! The stars have been warned!

10/04/2026

Koshy Brahmatmaj opened her debut solo 'how so i make you believe' last evening at Anupa Mehta Contemporary Art. To say that I'm proud and overjoyed would be an understatement. Koshy's practice has been inspiring to me. In it I find the potential that even the smallest of desires hold to respond to the world around us, no matter how close or extended it's orbit. There is play, sincerity, the belief to hold any material and make it one's own.

I sorely missed this evening. The enthusiasm and joy of the first exhibition, where works mark a significant movement from the studio to a public space and presenting thoughts, feelings, experiments and experiences marked by time. So many things to be proud of. Along with all this, what truly thrills me about her practice is her fervour - her belief in beauty and its respite against her illness, against the worldly order or things.

19/01/2026