Diving into Mumbaikars’ affection for doodle art and its fusion with city pride

Updated On: 22 May, 2024 12:31 PM IST | Mumbai | Nascimento Pinto

Doodling maybe defined as scribbling absent-mindedly but these Mumbaikars are using it to celebrate the city, as well as incorporate it in their jobs as architects

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Mumbai doodle artists find inspiration in everything around them and even make use of doodle art in their architecture. Photo Courtesy: Pradeep Joshna Das/Diya Joseph

Diya Joseph was in college studying architecture when she started doodling in 2019, and hasn’t looked back since then. She explains, “We had this documentation trophy for which we used to practice every day to improve our hand control to make intricate sketches. I did not want to lose the head start, so after the competition, I started with a sketch diary where I captured daily events.” Soon enough, Diya started @dheemilocal, after being inspired by her daily travel in the Mumbai local trains.

Celebrating Mumbai through its local trains
With no control on when the traveller will get off at their railway station, Joseph says she has learned a lot while embarking on this project. “I believe doodling is a path of self-exploration and unapologetic experimentation, where there is no fear of going wrong. You kind of embrace your mistakes as well. The final product evolves as you are creating it,” explains the Mumbaikar, who sketches and then uses water colours to paint them. “I spend a lot of time in local trains every day. It was during the lockdown that I started recalling some very unique instances that only happen in the Mumbai locals. I started with sketching them, then later on when the lockdown was relaxed, I started doodling in the train, and I never realised when the train reached the destination,” adds the 23-year-old, seemingly mesmerised and immersed in her art amid the chaos in the train.

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