Born in 1965, Laxman Aelay is an artist from Hyderabad His paintings are a reflection of life in his village in Kadirenigudem in Telangana Initailly he was well regarded and admired as an illustrator of the Telegu literary circles before he graduated to paintings In his works, the poverty stricken state of the people gets personified He adopts the motif of men and women as his central protagonists against the backdrop of their homes and usual habitat Works include ‘A word with you,’ ‘Song of a village’ series and ‘Sisters’