Stories are a part of every artist’s journey, and Pravina Mecklai thrives in it. The gallerist is still buzzing after the opening day of The Aura In Everything as she responds to our phone call. The feeling is a familiar one since she first opened doors in January 1999.

It was in the same year that Avantika Khanna Pocha also returned to art after a short break in her practice. She recalls, “It started in school, and I showed at the Lalit Kala Kendra. But I stopped for a while, and restarted with an exhibition in 1999,” she reveals.