2016 Online Catalogue
Two Bodies, One Soul Glimpses of the Alps and the Himalayas 23-26 June 2016 / Convention Foyer, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi About the cause This exhibition of mountain photography opens with the launch of 'Two Bodies, One Soul: Glimpses of the Alps and the Himalayas', a limited edition fundraising series for the Children's National Institute (childrennationalinstitute.org), a home for abandoned and orphaned children established in 1947 by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, at his former residence, Swaraj Bhawan, in the northern Indian city of Allahabad. Fifty percent of any sale proceeds will go to the Children's National Institute. Any profit that still remains after all expenses have been paid will go to the artist's own research project on reducing disaster risk and supporting community adaptation to extremes in changing Himalayan environments. The project, titled ‘Understanding and enhancing the adaptation and resilience of remote high-mountain communities to hydrometeorological extremes and related geophysical hazards in a changing climate’ is supported by the University of Sheffield, UK, and the Dudley Stamp Memorial Award (Royal Geographical Society with IBG). The project involves extended fieldwork in the High Himalayas. The artist's new Himalayan music album, 'Poshpoozaa and other ancient prayers from a Kashmiri household' will also be launched at the show. The first 100 signed album CDs will be available at the venue. Any sale proceeds will go to the Children's National Institute or the aforementioned Himalayan disaster risk reduction research project. About the artist Vaibhav Kaul is a young Himalayan geographer, mountaineer, photographer, painter, singer, poet and nostalgist.
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