Happy to share the Sunday Guardian article about Hichki. Click here:). 

www.hichki.com Website pays tribute to creativity of all “unlike-minded” people ELIZABETH OOMMEN  While searching for a quick cure for hiccups on the Web, I stumbled upon a rather curious site called Hichki. No, it did not cure my hiccups but it did offer me an avenue to share my quirky side with the world. Originally meant to showcase the works of its founder members, from India and New Zealand, this website is a tribute to creativity. With the tag line 'If you are born a human, you must be creative', Hichki provides people a platform to interact with 'unlike-minded' artists, scientists, industrialists, musicians, doctors and people from every other profession that needs you to be creative. The website's bright yellow home page has tabs like comics, literary, arts, entertainment, lifestyle, business and social, which cover a wide range of content. The subcategories, cleverly set on the home page itself, under each of these tabs come with interesting titles. For instance, under Lifestyle you'll find Adam weds Madam (cartoon snapshots from a typical Indian wedding), Flip Flops Wet Togs (articles on travel destinations), The Bath (witty modern posters on health and fitness), The Fights (funny illustrations on all things sport) and Tongue Twisters (food and drink articles). Every submission is copyrighted and comes with information about the creation, the creator and sales information. Visitors can buy or commission art/content from Hichki or even use the website to promote your event or product. Just complete a simple submission form for your articles, anecdotes and experiences, or email your photos or film, to be featured on the site. This colosseum of creativity definitely allows you to flex your creative muscles and, from what I've read and seen so far, it seems like a great way to add a few laughs to your stressful day

We look forward to seeing you..

An experiential moment with Tricky Box 9 - YOU by artists Lipika Sen & Prabhjyot Majithia

Tricky Box 9 - YOU at Whakatane Museum/ Artists Lipika Sen & Prabhjyot Majithia

An exhibition with children in mind, 'Making Sense' features works from local and national artists that offer an opportunity to explore some of the body’s common senses and related themes: portraiture and identity, the physical construction of the body, and thinking and perception. The latest work in their Tricky Box series by artists Lipika Sen & Prabhjyot Majithia, the Tricky Box - 9  shows along with some of New Zealand's other renowned artists including Robert McLeod & Rueben Paterson.

More details on: http://www.whakatanemuseum.org.nz/exhibitions-and-events/making-sense

"The Tricky Box concept itself is that there is a world outside and a world inside..."  artist Prabhjyot Majithia

" Tricky Box 8 is still a device for story telling but it tells your story...this is like a little thing from our (Indian) childhood that we are sharing with New Zealand"...artist Lipika Sen.

"The Art in Public Places Trust was established in 2009 under the auspices of New Plymouth District Council to promote, provide and facilitate art in public places, in line with Council’s Art in Public Places Strategy. Among its objectives the strategy aims to promote high quality art works that enhance local culture, heritage and the environment in a way that contributes to “vibrant”, “sustainable” and “together” community outcomes."

Featured amongst artworks erected by the Art in Public Places: The Firkee Wala - In My Heart of Eternal Childhood. Click here: http://www.artinpublicnp.org.nz/ or read the excerpt quoted from the Art in Public Places New Plymouth website below:

"This sculpture, installed at Puke Ariki Landing , is an assemblage of giant pinwheels created with thin sheets of coloured fibreglass mounted with wire and attached to steel holders. These allow for simultaneous free spinning of the pinwheels, creating sounds as they move, even with the lightest breath of wind.

Artists Lipika Sen and Prabhjyot Majithia say the “spinning,twirling,dancing,swooshing” whimsical sculpture reminds them of childhood when the alleyway (in India) came alive with a zillion buzzing joys in motion and they would run to see the Firkee-Wala peddling his toy pinwheels.

“Here we recreate the larger than life awe felt by us as children. The irresistible firkees have grown up in size and grandeur, returning us to the gaping eyes of childhood and welcoming us to the nostalgic experience while the Firkee-Wala has a rest.”

The sculpture was made for the 2014 Kinetika Competition, and was purchased by the Art in Public Places Trust for the site at Puke Ariki Landing.

The artists, who are based in the Bay of Plenty, work in many 3D forms as well as film. They have exhibited in a number of major sculpture shows and have toured several exhibitions around New Zealand."

Or click on the excerpt below::

Artists Lipika Sen & Prabhjyot Majithia with one of the pinwheels to go on their 6metre tall kinetic sculpture: "The Firkee Wala - In My Heart Of Eternal Childhood" to be erected at Puke Ariki, New Plymouth, New Zealand from October 25 to November 9 for the 2014 Kinetika Art Exhibition. 

Featured here - front page headline story in The Taranaki Daily News, New Zealand: 

http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/10622291/Zillions-of-colourful-pinwheels