Harvest of motifs: A 35-year-old school gets an artistic makeover | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Harvest of motifs: A 35-year-old school gets an artistic makeover | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Written by Shiny Varghese |Updated: May 21, 2019 9:41:26 am

Harvest of motifs: A 35-year-old school gets an artistic makeover

It indeed reaffirmed what economist EF Schumacher said of an “entirely new system of thought, a system based on attention to people, and not to goods”.

The walls of Little Ones Public School in Delhi painted in myriad hues.

When green elephants walk on the walls and red and ochre peacocks dance, why would any child not want to be there? At the Little Ones Public School (LOPS) in Said-ul-Ajab, New Delhi, a makeover has turned the 35-year-old space into a showstopper. While for architects Vandini Mehta and Rohit Raj Mehndiratta of Studio Vanro, it was only an external change to bring Jharkhand’s Sohrai folk art on the walls, for the teachers and students it has prompted a harvest of ideas and motives.