Anthropology of Poems with Art is both a personal creative archive and a reflective exploration of how human behavior shapes the environment.
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On these women’s day Top stories featuring about Mehr Dhawan who started began painting at the age of 2.5. From early childhood, art became her most natural form of expression. Through colour, texture, and composition, she learned to interpret the world around her. What began as instinctive creativity gradually evolved into intentional storytelling.
Over the past two and a half years, her artistic voice has matured significantly. As she became more aware of environmental concerns such as pollution, climate change, and sustainability, these themes began to find space in her paintings and poetry. Her work started asking questions about responsibility, consumption, and the relationship between humans and nature.
This book brings together a curated collection of her original artworks and poems, tracing her artistic and personal evolution. Each section reflects a different stage of growth - from early emotional expression to more reflective and socially aware creative work. The pairing of poetry and visual art allows readers to experience both thought and feeling together.
The title reflects the deeper idea behind the book. Anthropology is the study of people and their behaviors. In this context, the book observes how everyday choices, what we buy, what we value, and what we ignore, reveal who we are as individuals and as a society. Rather than analyzing behavior academically, the book explores it artistically.
The thinking behind this collection was shaped by her exposure to environmental awareness initiatives during her internship with the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change and later expressed publicly through her solo exhibition DUALITY at the College of Art. These experiences helped her understand that environmental issues are not distant or abstract. They are connected to daily choices and personal values.
At its core, Anthropology of Poems with Art is not instructional. It does not tell readers what to think. Instead, it invites reflection.
It invites readers to pause.
To notice their surroundings.
To question habits.
To see creativity as a lens for awareness.
The book documents the journey of a young artist discovering her voice and using art and poetry as a way to explore identity, responsibility, and her evolving understanding of the world.
