Nikheel Aphale’s art practice draws on calligraphy with the Devanagari script as his muse. Devanagari is the script of his mother tongue, Marathi, and its sounds and visuals triggered his art practice ...

In his solo exhibition Aksharscape, artist Nikheel Aphale reflects on his tpersonal experiences through calligraphy as a form of expression. The unusual forms on his canvases are wrapped in nostalgia ...

When we visit Nikheel Aphale’s website, “Leehkin”, we are in awe — the background video for his website is just his pen and hand, skillfully creating. You can’t help but trace the way the pen flows ...

He was a schoolboy in the summer of 1976, keen on playing in the scorching heat of Rawalpindi. But his mother wanted him to remain indoors, so she taught him to write Hindi in the Devanagari script.

What comes to mind when you hear the word calligraphy? Probably, the fluid artistic representation of the Arabic alphabets, the oriental delight that is the Chinese script, or English letters in ...

The second edition of the International Calligraphy Festival at the Durbar Hall Art Centre in Kochi is offering art lovers an opportunity to get a closer look at the intricacies and beauty of ...