Samir looks at the erstwhile methods of portfolio presentation and details some handy tips for the contemporary creative world.

As the artist’s and designer’s portfolio of work has moved into the digital realm, there has also been an on going evolution of what a portfolio needs to be and do. With the variety of technology, structure and style at your disposal, creating a digital showcase of your work is not as straight forward as sticking a few sheets into a folder any more. But, what we might have lost in simplicity we have gained in convenience and capability, so here is an overview of digital portfolios for you, the creative animal.

A tiny incident sparks of chaos so characteristic of India

A tiny incident sparks of a chaos so characteristic of India

The Dabbawala has served the people of Mumbai of all castes and religion for decades with impeccable integrity, empathy and hard work. He is the true Indian and Marathi Manoos.

Mahindra Jeeps ply illegally between small towns and villages stuffed to the brim with passengers, their luggage and their livestock. If you see one of these, get out of their way immediately. The only thing riskier than being inside, is being in front of one of these extreme machines.

[Source: Verry India] Vikram Nandwani is back to blogging with his awesome caricatures series on typical people and features of India. Also, I’m not surprised that his caricatures will be featured in an exhibition in Pune at Malaka Spice in Koregaon Park. He will be continuing his weekly caricature series on DesiPundit starting next week.

The print shop owner had no idea what I was doing in that part of town, let alone getting all teary-eyed over his prints! I was standing there telling the owner how much I’d been wanting to find these posters, and he was shaking his head, confused. My Hindi friend translated for me as best he could, but it was difficult because he did not speak the local language. I began walking around the back room holding samples up asking, “Can I have (smile)?”

Kayleigh Ryley hunts down B-grade Indian movie posters in Bangalore. They are err…interesting. If you are interested, she is planning on selling them.

Remind EVERY Delhi resident you meet, how unsafe the city is and how rude the people are.”

Fly You Fools gives you a comic view of Delhi darshan in more ways than one.

Photo plagiarism by mainstream media outlets is now commonplace but when the Indian Postal Service also joins the club, I’m not sure whether Anil should be outraged or flattered (he is the latter).

Things at The Wall Project, a citizen initiative organized by BMC to beautify Mumbai took a strange turn when less than 24 hours later, Bollywood movie posters were pasted over completed paintings.

I’ve called for a boycott of the movies Aladin, Canvas, Gair and London Dreams whose posters caused the uproar. Asfaq writes an open letter to the producers of the same movies asking them to educate the distributors in question. Twitter is also abuzz with outrage and various suggestions to respond.

In each of these ways, the social media community is asking for a response from the citizens in order to prevent such apathy and insensitivity in the future.