‘Stress provokes creativity’
Satish Gujral’s works are being exhibited at the National Gallery of Modern Art in Delhi this month. Humra Quraishi meets the eminent artist and sketches out his life canvas.
MEN like Satish Gujral need no introduction. Artistic genius he definitely possesses; it is writ large in his works and architectural designs spanning several decades. But, above all, what’s more vital is the fact that he is what he is. No contrived airs or apparent eccentricities or far-fetched talk. The first time I met him for an interview was in the early 1980s and then too his childlike smile and spontaneity held out.

Satish Gujral: I realised the only way to survive was through self-employment

SATISH GUJRAL - A RETROSPECTIVE Different strokes THE National Gallery of Modern Art is hosting the ongoing retrospective exhibition of Satish Gujral. Though the closing time of the gallery is 5 pm, five minutes prior to that the staff was ready to shut down the place. Since the interview was still going on, Satish, Kiran and I requested that we should be given a place to sit but the staff simply said, "time ho gaya hai." Outside, there wasn’t any chair or stool where we could sit—this when the gallery has a sprawling stretch all around. Belgian Embassy, 1984

Bits and bytes in Punjabi
Rubinder Gill meets Jaiteg Singh, who has authored a book in Punjabi on the working of computers
TWIN loves — for his mother tongue and students — made the young and eager Jaiteg Singh do pioneering work on computer literature in Punjabi. This 25-year-old from Patiala has penned Computer Sarachna ate Vivharikak Varton, a first of its kind, comprehensive book in Punjabi on the subject.

Jaiteg Singh — Photo by Rajesh Sachar