In its first edition, the Madras Art Salon spotlights the works of journalist and artist Narayan Lakshman at The Botanical Club, a social space in the British Deputy High Commission, Chennai
Red ochre burials, ritual markings and myths across cultures show that red repeatedly marks liminal thresholds such as puberty, sacrifice and death; anthropologists argue that the colour functions as a technology of collective ritual and value, binding communities through shared symbolic acts