b. 1987, Patiala, Punjab, India

an architect by education, daras works on diverse art & design projects ranging from visual art to craft development, set designs, space art & décor installations + an intuitive journey of sound, poetry, performance, experimental films & photo documentaries.

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Happiest memories of my childhood centre around my experimental instinct to craft things. Explorative inclination brought me to Architecture School* [2007-12] where I learned how to look at the various dimensions of the spaces and develop them around their functional needs. While working on my academic thesis project “Residential Care Institute for Special (MR) Children” I was deeply engaged in the process of observing and understanding the special children’s behaviour and activity patterns to develop the corresponding spatial enclosures for them.

After completing graduation in Architecture, my intuitive calling and curiosity propelled me to travel along the breadths of my country to experience diverse life culture. 2013, was a year of my solo nomadic travelling. In love, I have been singing the songs of love, nature, beauty, grace and the divine celebration.

Nomadic solo journeys, transform us entirely. The way we experience unbound nature and life in unknown terrains enriches our spirit. Immersed in melody, spellbound by cogent metaphors that subsist in diverse life cultures I thought to align the essence of my learning with my artistic work journey.

From 2013-14 onwards I began to work on diverse art & design projects ranging from visual art to craft development, set designs, space art & décor installations + an intuitive journey of sound, poetry, performance, experimental films & photo documentaries.

In 2017, Started an alternative education project ‘Shilp Khel’ that integrates crafts & games to create an experiential learning environment for kids.

In 2019, Started facilitating the LTA ‘learning through art’ Workshop which intends to create an inclusive and nourishing environment for all those explorers who aspire to engage deeper in the process of ‘self-discovery’ through artistic experimentation, dynamic experiences and intuitive expressions.

Later in 2019, also realized the need to serve and facilitate some community circles where people can come to pour their hearts out and receive grace from the collective presence of nourishing beings. Circle: Sawal-E-Safar is a careful and courageous space for people to ask difficult questions, listen deeply and reflect upon the journeys of their conscious growth. It’s an effort to realize the integrity of life and harmonize with the rhythms of time.

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As it ordains, things change.
I feel the grace within and the newness all around…

Life is so mystical, I often feel to walk into the wild, simply to spend some quiet time in nature, gazing sun and the stars, listening to the rivers and the winds… grounding, rejuvenating, smiling and harmonizing with ‘what is’… it makes me feel light, strong and fearless… and then, as it ordains… rest, silence, sunset, intuitive rhythms and love for everything in the divine play of life.

To be, and be nothing.

To be, and be nothing,

in the timelessness.

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