Mamta Nainy is a children’s writer, editor and translator based in New Delhi. She has authored many books for children, including ‘A Brush with Indian Art’, which won The Hindu Young World-Goodbooks Award 2019 in the non-fiction category.
What inspired you to write ‘A Brush with Indian Art’? I believe art history is not about dusty dates, arcane concepts or obscure schools and movements. It is the visual side of history that can be extremely exciting to explore. But sadly, art education is lacking in most schools. Though there a