Artist Jivan Adalja in an interview on DD Urdu

On the life and works of artist Shri Jivan Narottamdas Adalja. Programme Title: PAIHAM RAVAN Channel: Doordarshan Urdu Year 2008 The artist was born in Karachi in 1931 and came with his family to Gujarat after the partition in 1947. He took a five-year diploma in painting from the J. J. School of Art, Mumbai, and spent another five years doing his diploma in applied arts. "After that I got a scholarship to study Graphic Art in Poland. My two year stay there was very enriching. I was exposed to world art." says Adalja. "My work has been my greatest joy." Adalja The artist can be contacted at: [email protected] "Large doleful eyes, lonely women and the strife for life, mark the bold and beautiful drawings and paintings of veteran artist Jivan Adalja. Intensity is the key to these creations and surprisingly, the artist of these truly monumental works, even when the frame is not too large, is gentle, humorous and as low profile as could be." NEWSLINE, Chandigarh, 1995.