Our artist for the month of October 2002 to March 2003, is Ms. Monika Rekhi. Ms. Rekhi has been in the 'City of Destiny' for more than a year now and says that her sojourn to this city has given her the time and space to indulge in activities that were always close to heart, but for which she was not able to find the time, like  Hindustani Classical music and painting.  She was in Chennai before she came to this scenic city. While in Chennai, she was single-handedly managing 'Ambience' a store that dealt exclusively with 'Good Earth' products, more specifically, beautiful things for your interiors - like crockery, pottery, linen, comforters, other rugs and riches and even metal furniture, for which Monika has given a few sketches and subsequently designs to. All these involve a keen eye for co-ordination and colour, talents, which have been lying latent for a while. This comes out quite vividly in her work, that right now consists of charcoal sketches and water colours. Formulating a style entirely her own, that combines subtle hues and shades, Monica thoroughly enjoys what she does and puts no pressures on herself. She would like to move on to oil pastels soon.

She has been going for art classes to Ms. Jumana Topiwala, to give that final flourish to her art work as well as for learning new techniques and styles. Just recently, her paintings were on display in a two-day exhibition at the WelcomHotel Grand Bay.

Ms. Monika is the wife of Mr. Kuljit. S. Rekhi.