AuTypical for me is that organization that takes a departure from the predictably typical and brings together the sum total of the human experience in the Indian context. By giving an avenue and platform where the Autistic can share with comforting pride, it brings all of society visual stories and narratives that would have otherwise been absent from its collective. It helps us become conscientious about living with a conscience and ensuring that none in our midst are robbed the affirmation of equality of access, dignity and self respect. Through the medium of art it blesses us with a dialogue with those that otherwise might not have a voice we hear. With colors formatted into shapes and forms, these artists young and old, will teach us to think and question, and thus live fuller and happier lives ourselves, even as we ensure the other is being seen, noticed and heard, no matter what their condition or lot in life.
Dialogue through Art
About the Author: Suvir Saran
New Delhi-born-and-based culinary authority Suvir Saran is the author of three celebrated cookbooks: Indian Home Cooking, American Masala, and Masala Farm, and the chef-creator of THC, The House of Celeste, a modern Indian restaurant in Gurgaon. His Slice of Life column appears fortnightly in the Sunday Eye magazine of Indian Express, where he shares musings in poetic prose that inspire provocative thinking and raise questions on life and living.
Saran’s approachable style helped demystify Indian cuisine and earned him the first Michelin star awarded to an Indian restaurant in America.
In his fourth book, Instamatic, Suvir gives us food for thought sharing the inspiration behind his art and his journeys across multiple civilisations, from the land of his birth to the land of his karma. Through the medium of a simple iPhone, he shows us how to broaden our horizons and humanize one another, one image and musing at a time.