When her husband Darshan, a financial manager at VMWare, suggested enrolling into an open-for-all art class near their Indiranagar home, Bharati Darshan saw it as an opportunity to reconnect with her childhood hobby. The housewife soon realised that the class had other benefits too. “Art can be such a de-stressor and a conversation starter. Earlier, my husband and I would be busy with work commitments through the week. Taking this class has strengthened our interpersonal communication.