Publications Books & Journals
Panchtattvas: The Road Ahead. Edited by Dr Alka Pande Niyogi Books, New Delhi – 2017
The book serves as a living document to the month-long photography exhibition Photosphere 2016. Sustainable development has its own constituency of thought in the Indian subcontinent. Since striving towards solutions was also key, five distinct and distinguished experts— Dr Ajay Mathur, Amba Jamir, Madhav Gadgil, Mike Pandey, Sunita Narain—from across the sphere of sustainable development have contributed their writing to the book.
Divine Gesture: The Magnificence of Mewar Spirituality, Penguin Random House – 2016
The book is undoubtedly an important art historical document, the book serves as a catalogue for the 308 sculptures that are a part of the collections of the Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation (MMCF), Udaipur.
Musicscapes: The Multiple Emotions of Indian Music – Curated and Edited by Dr. Alka Pande, Roli Books, New Delhi – 2016
The book features Shoba Deepak Singh’s unerring eye to the world of music. It works closely on the heels of Theatrescapes and Dancescapes.
Theatrescapes: Experience Rasas – Edited by Dr. Alka Pande – 2014
The book essays the 30 years journey of the visual archivist Shobha Deepak Singh in the theatre after post-Independence. The collection of photographs in the book is a parallel archive to the more academic readings of the theatre with a marvellous documentation of the passions, emotions and spectacle.
ART MUSINGS 2013
MAÏTÉ DELTEIL | ‘ENCHANTED’ | RANJIT HOSKOTE, DR ALKA PANDE & ANUPA MEHTA
Dancescapes: A Photographic Journey – Curated and Edited by Dr. Alka Pande, Roli Books, New Delhi – 2013
The book documents the 30 years passion of documenting dancers and dance productions by Shobha Deepak Singh. She can be called a rare active voice in the archiving of dance, capturing those essential movements that are ethereal and transient.
Mukhwas: Indian Food through the Ages, Imprint One, New Delhi – 2013
This book is a singular and personal attempt at untangling the various strands of the rich food culture and exploring the current state of Indian cuisine. Published by Cambridge University Press.
Shringara: The Many Faces of Indian Beauty, Rupa Publications, New Delhi – 2011
The book epitomizes how the Beauty in its quintessential sense is innate rather than created. It is to be discovered, rather than ornamented, and possessed rather than sculpted. Saundarya is this half-received and half-perceived phenomenon. The book raises pertinent questions: Do we simply venerate shringara as holy relic of the past? Or will we have the courage to establish a new language of shringara.