The Gateway of India and the Taj Mahal Hotel are no doubt two of the most memorable monuments that Bombay can boast of. A little ahead, towards the Victoria Terminus lies the Jehangir Art Gallery. The place where artists are born. And die.
Artists and Painters are like crocodiles. The reptiles who have seen the world change infront of their eyes but have not changed themselves. So the same madness that probably a Paul Gaugin or a Van Gogh or a Michaelangelo had, is still retained by the aspirants of today.
So, if you happen to pass the Jehangir art gallery, you find these young people waiting patiently on the road for that first painting to sell or for the first person acknowledging their talent. Which may never happen….
Its really a very sad sight to see these young people trying to find a place of their own in the imaginary world created by their predecessors many many years before them
Please pay them a visit if you ever come to Bombay and contribute your bit to art. May be the young girl you are talking to and who is anxiously searching your face for an expression of appreciation, might be the star your children or grand children would read some years later. And please buy a painting for they could be priceless many years later. Worth much more than all the wealth that you will leave behind.
Besides, it will be your contribution to the world created by these wonderful people that only they or people who share their vision can see.
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