“This is the fulfilment of a long-cherished dream for me,” says Narayana Bhattathiri about ‘Ka Ch Ta Tha Pa’, a gallery for Malayalam calligraphy. Familiar to readers of Malayalam as Artist ...

Calligraphy, once considered the highest form of writing, faces new questions in an age of screens and sensors. Is this ancient art still tethered to brush and ink? The resounding response: not at all ...

Sixty-five-year-old Narayana Bhattithiri is gentle and very soft spoken. But there is nothing gentle about his love for calligraphy. For him, that is an all-consuming passion. A Jikji Prize winner for ...