By Faris Arakkal Ravi Raja and Arathy Ravi are back in the city with their canvases at Lalitha Kala Akademi. This time, the father-daughter duo showcased their paintings yesterday, observed as Free Verse Day. A good number of poets turned out with verses to recite at the Akademi. Free Verse Day is an initiative Ravi and his friends have been creating through facebook and now it is being celebrated around the globe. Ravi also released his first book of poetry Jugupsayile Oliporali at a function during the celebrations. While he is not creating poetry through strokes on canvas, Ravi paints with his pen, in the form of poems. Over 30 books were born out of it. His short stories are regularly published in mainstream Malayalam magazines. His graphic novel too made an impression among the readers. Amba Samudhram, and Kuthira are his best works, in his own assay. Arathy, Ravi's daughter is now a geology student at Christ College Irinjalakuda. She is a child prodigy, exhibiting her paintings at the age of 5 at Thrissur and Ernakulum Lalitha Kala Akademi. She had also exhibited her paintings once in Lakshadweep. Arathy took up the brush and started painting abstracts at the age of 2 and the passion grew with her. Now, abstracts are her genre. This time, she has added to the glitter of her father's exhibition by displaying seven paintings by her. While Arathy is fond of abstracts, Ravi's paintings have a presence of green real life. The duo was out of the main stream for some years. Arathy's mother Geethanjali is also into writing. Her book Bitch Goddess was also the attraction of the day.