Chennai’s vibrant street art is a gift to the city, a pretty reminder that art and beauty have their place even in a bustling urban metropolis. It is a point of wonder that these walls of art are left untouched even while other places are covered up with posters or scribbles.
Madras Musings met Mr. Sindhu Raam the founder of Care and Welfare, an NGO that is currently driving a civic project to make beautiful paintings on public walls free of cost. “We paint in schools, villages, slums… wherever we get walls [to work on] we are ready to turn it into art,” said Mr Raam.
He says that the project is aimed at beautifying the city while also creating awareness about various social themes. The volunteers paint all sorts of subjects as part of their work, from mandalas and portraits to doodles.
