Comments on: “Don’t complain, don’t explain, just do something”

By: Moitreyee Chowdhury

Moitreyee Chowdhury — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:24:24 +0000

Tanya, bravo! Keep painting. I will visit you soon at your salon. To get my painterly soul inspired along with the outside.

By: Karthik

Karthik — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 11:05:08 +0000

2 decades and a come back wow that is an amazing achievement. Keep going.

By: mita

mita — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:02:49 +0000

Congratulations gutsy Tanya! Good for you. I realised that you had some help in addition to the strong desire to help yourself. You had the means too. Some unlucky Desi women are not so lucky. Some do not even differentiate right from wrong. That’s where we come in. Us, the women who know inside out should form a group and write some articles about (our) social issues. Maybe, we can bring in the ‘husbands and wives together’ to attend live meetings. Maybe we should talk to our children and keep them informed. The Q. is: how can we do all this?
With
regards,
mita

By: Melissa Vallejo

Melissa Vallejo — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:43:36 +0000

Congratulations Tanya – you ARE a great artist! The art work you have done on my nails – I will never forget. XO

By: Arti

Arti — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:38:30 +0000

Applaud Tanya's courage to change her life. >>For every Tanya who succeeded in escaping fom her situation, there must be many >>others who are still confined and stifled. Ever wondered why so many do not wish to change their situation? They continue to live by sheer faith that one day the one person who should be supporting her (the spouse) will stand up for her? Maybe there are children too young to deal with divorce . Maybe they are afraid of losing their children in the process. Maybe they just do not have the support from their parents. Maybe they have been isolated too long to be able to look up to anyone for any kind of support. It is appalling that many of these "in-laws" are well educated , highly placed individuals.

By: Geeta Padmanabhan

Geeta Padmanabhan — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:58:22 +0000

Well said, Viswanathan! And we never tire of boasting about Indian “culture”!

By: Viswanathan

Viswanathan — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:17:48 +0000

This is really an inspiring story. For every Tanya who succeeded in escaping fom her situation, there must be many others who are still confined and stifled. It is really sad how Indian families still maintain age-old prejudices and practise torture disguised as tradition.

By: Geeta Padmanabhan

Geeta Padmanabhan — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:46:03 +0000

Tanya’s story got me thinking. If one were to trace the history of women’s art, wouldn’t one find a body of work that was done purely as therapy? It might be interesting to find out how this particular phase of the artist’s work differs from the other paintings she might have done before or after.

By: Gopi Godhwani

Gopi Godhwani — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:44:15 +0000

Great article. Great work. Congratulations Tanya-momi. You are encouragement for other artists. I know there are many artists around including me who are not able to continue the paintings as they are too busy with their other work. My family reminds me about my paintings and encourage me to start painting again, still I am not able to start – now after reading about Tanya-momi I will start painting. You have to make the time to finish your unfinished paintings – no excuses. God has given every one 24 hours – so let us take out our brushes and colors and start painting. Take out your paintings – put on the wall look at them every day, it will be a reminder for you. As my brother says, “take out half an hour every day for painting it will give great results.”