It is only 9 am on a Friday, but Kannimangalam Krishnan Venkateswaran is already up and running. The 95-year-old has just spent his birthday morning (March 27) at the gym. “It is a regular practice. I never miss my gym routine,” he points out, piling on this writer’s guilt. It is a big day after all; for after over 50-years of practice, Venkateswaran is currently hosting the first exhibition of his works in Mumbai, Engraved Vision: Scratchboard Works.

A drawing