Publications Books & Journals
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.
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.
Hemi Bawa, Roli Books Pvt Ltd. – 2010
The biography traces Hemi Bawa’s life, right from the time she began painting to her works with glass.
Leela, An Erotic Play of Verse and Art, Harper Collins, New Delhi – 2009
A collection of Indian poetry from ancient to contemporary times, Leela is complemented by some extremely refreshing and original photography, graphics and paintings. The book emerges from the celebration of sensuality and desire in the Indian cultural landscape, where eros is a part of everyday life.
Indian Art: The New International Sensation, The Collector’s Handbook, Manjul Publishing House, Bhopal – 2009
It provides a bird’s eye view of the dynamic multi vocal shifting canvas of contemporary Indian art practice. The Collector’s hand book becomes a virtual Bible for those who are entering the frame and domain of contemporary Indian art practice.