Sketching

Since childhood I have been interested in drawing. But years 1996 and 1997 saw a surge in something interesting – I started making sketches of people around me. I just needed some inspiration, a piece of paper and a pen…and here it went. Some of the sketches were made during my train journeys. You would notice that some sketches were made even on the pieces of rough paper…such was the interest. Even though the surge is gone I continue to doodle and, in recent years, have designed the logos for a few organisations and websites.

MY NANAJI (MATERNAL GRANDFATHER) ACKNOWLEDGED THE SKETCH WITH HIS SIGNATURES

NANIJI (MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER) ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED HER SKETCH

ANOTHER MIGRANT WORKER FROM THE EAST ABOARD “HOWRAH EXPRESS”

THIS SKETCH WAS MADE ON ONE OF MY MANY JOURNEYS ABOARD “HOWRAH EXPRESS” BETWEEN JALANDHAR AND AMRITSAR. THIS IS A PICTURE OF A MIGRANT WORKER FROM THE EAST. HE WAS EITHER COMING FROM HOME OR GOING HOME. THE MELANCHOLY ON HIS FACE SUGGESTS THE FORMER.

JASKIRAN WAS MY SENIOR IN GNDU.

JASMEET WAS ALSO MY SENIOR AT THE UNIVERSITY IN AMRITSAR

KAMALJEET WAS MY BATCHMATE AT GNDU. HE WAS PURSUING A DEGREE IN ZOOLOGY

I MADE THIS SKETCH ON BOARD A TRAIN TO AMRITSAR.

HE WAS ALSO TRAVELING IN THE TRAIN. HE WAS SITTING JUST IN FRONT OF ME AND SLEEPING.

JASWINDER DID HIS MCA FROM GNDU.

I MADE THIS SKETCH ON MY WAY TO DELHI FROM JALANDHAR ABOARD “SUPERFAST EXPRESS”. MY MOM WHO WAS WITH ME WANTED ME TO GO TO THIS OLD MAN AND SHOW HIM HIS SKETCH, BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT IT RESEMBLED HIM A LOT.

GEORGE WAS AN MSC STUDENT OF HUMAN GENETICS AT GNDU. HE WAS FROM KENYA.

HE WAS STUDYING BIOCHEMISTRY AT THE UNIVERSITY

SRIKANT BONTHU WAS AN EXCHANGE STUDENT AT GNDU FROM ANDHRA PRADESH. HE DID HIS MASTERS PROJECT AT OUR DEPARTMENT IN AMRITSAR. HE WAS TAKING A NAP IN THE LABORATORY.