From Patangarh to Japan: Gond art that became Jangarh Kalam — and the boy who carried it to the world

In the early 1980s, Jangarh Singh Shyam’s art on a mud wall in Patangarh village was recognized as contemporary art by J Swaminathan. This led to the global emergence of “Gond painting,” though many insist on calling it “Jangarh Kalam” to honor its individual creator and revolutionary style.