Adventures in art
The Secret World of Mehlli Gobhai — The Man who found Art Everywhere by Jerry Pinto. Published in 2021 by Pratham Books, #621, 2nd Floor, 5th Main, OMBR Layout, Banaswadi, Bangalore 560043; email: info@prathambooks.org; website: www.prathambooks.org Pp: 28. Price: Rs 55.
If you have ever stopped to wonder why an artist like Pablo Picasso loved to look at life through the eyes of a child — seek no more.
Jerry Pinto (pictured alongside) takes the reader for a walk with Mehlli Gobhai (1931-2018, pictured bottom right), artist and story-teller, that is enchantment itself.
In his company, Jerry, as he calls himself......