Balbir Krishan
Barry Charman
Balbir Kishan hails from Bhagpat in Uttar Pradesh. He did his M.A. in Fine Arts from Dr. B.R.A. University Agra, NET (Visual Art) from U.G.C., New Delhi and M.Phil in Fine Arts from Dr. B.R.A. University, Agra. Balbir lost both the legs in a train accident in 1996. His paintings show the confidence which he has gained as an artist and a human being. He has won numerous awards including the 82nd All India Art Exhibition by AIFACS, New Delhi, in 2010.
Barry Charman is an English born writer, currently living in North West London. He is a past winner of the London Writers Competition “Promis Prize.” He has had short stories published in a Smashwords anthology, Flash Fiction World, Microhorror and has a blog on barrycharman.blogspot.com. He is currently working on a children’s novel and an adult novel, and is looking for an agent.
Bijay Biswaal
Bijay Biswaal is currently working for Indian Railways at Nagpur. Born in a lazy small town called Pallahara, in Angul district of Odisha in the year 1964, he took to painting like a duck takes to water. An art addict from childhood, he started his tryst with this beautiful art world with humblest of media as a charcoal off the chullah his mother used to cook on or if he was lucky enough with a chalk and pencil. Although he has never received any formal training in painting, his works reflect a purely professional approach. Biswaal loves nature in its myriad forms. The earth, water, sky, rocks, twisted trunks, intricately entangled roots of trees seem to form an integral part of his creative works. Through roots he finds connection with the nature.He has, to his credit, numerous artistic achevements including his caricature being awarded the first prize at the Sonia Manmohan International Caricature contest held in 2010. His Lord Ganesh painting was selected for display at Camlin All India art contest 2011 at Mumbai.
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