The man who brought art closer to craft, design
(WorldNews India)

Ganesh Jogi was a nomadic bhajan singer who moved from drought-hit Rajasthan to Gujarat in the 1970s in search of work. By day, the young man would dig sewage pits or lay roads and at night, he would sing at hotels or fairs to boost his income. It was at one such event that artist Haku Shah spotted him, and persuaded him to start drawing as a way out of his financial hardship. Ganesh, who had never held a pen in his life, took to the brush, or rather a ballpoint pen, and began making beautifully detailed drawings of his village. Soon after his wife Teju...