Two exhibitions to catch this weekend

You’ve often walked through the narrow lanes of Majnu Ka Tila. Feasted on steaming hot thupkas and potent chang from the hole-in-the wall joints at this colourful Tibetan outpost in Delhi. Now see what Tibet is really like through rare photography exhibit, Tsampa on my shoulder.

Vidura Jang Bahadur’s remarkable b&w collection takes its name from the Tibetan tradition of dabbing roasted barley flour (tsampa) on someone’s shoulder to wish them safe journey. The country comes alive through 32 contemporary works — of young people on cell phones, playing snooker, doing their thing.

Bid the retreating monsoon farewell with another set of superb photographs at Monsoon Light. Part of Red Earth’s monsoon festival, Bandeep Singh, Ravi Agarwal, Christina Zuck, Sanjay Bhattacharya and Leena Kejriwal showcase the many moods of the season. The standouts: Kejriwal’s very Calcutta-in-the-rains pix, and Zuck’s ‘water disco’ of drenched young men in a Dehradun amusement park.

Come wearing Red Earth’s quirky director Himanshu Varma’s fave garment — the sari. He loves sporting one. Don’t forget to accessorize with matching bindis and choodis.

Tsampa on my shoulder, at Bodhi Art Gallery, Grand Mall, M G Road, Gurgaon. On till Sept 8; 0124-4375190, delhi@bodhiart.in.
Monsoon Light, at Max Mueller Bhavan, 3 K G Marg, New Delhi, On till Aug 29; 011 23711401, contact@redearthindia.com.