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  • Bihar handlooms attracts visitors at international fair in Delhi

    By Express News Service

    NEW DELHI: The exquisite and traditional handlooms, artefacts and other items of Bihar’s sujani crafts, madhubani paintings, Bhagalpur-silk and the Sikki arts (a type of bed sheet) showcased at the ongoing international Indian Handicrafts and Gifts Fair-2021 in Greater Noida were instant eye-catchers for the visitors. 

    Upendra Maharathi Shilp Anusandhan Sansthan put up exhibition of Bihar’s traditional arts and cultural artefacts at the fair which concluded on Sunday.

    The attires, ethnic wears and other items of special occasion-based garments-all manufactured with famous Bhagalpur silk were among other items that attracted the visitors, including foreigners at Bihar’s stall in the fair.

    Madhubani paintings-made by artists belonging to the state on various religious, ecological and social subjects attracted youngsters in larger number.

    “Bihar’s handicrafts products were instant attention seekers of foreign and indigenous shopping in this international handicrafts fair for the first time”, said an official of Upendra Maharathi Shilp Anusandhan Kendra

    Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, Industry minister of Bihar, on Friday visited the stall and said that demand for for the handicrafts from Bihar was high amongst foreigners and also others who visited the fair.

    “I was delighted at the display of Bihar’s handicrafts at the fair, which exhibited the cultural and traditional beauty of the arts of Bihar at a national and international level”, he said.

    Hussain on the sideline of his visit to the stalls, also discuseed about the state’s opportunities in handicrafts with DG of Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts RK Verma and  other organisers of the fair. 

  • Bihar: Colourful creations of colour-blind painter winning hearts & laurels

    Express News Service
    PATNA:  Colour-blindness has not deterred him from creating a colourful world of Madhubani paintings. He has come out with many pieces, including drawing themes from the speeches of PM Narendra Modi on the importance of vaccination in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

    Kundan Kumar Roy, 35, is an MBA and a gifted sculptor as well. Congenitally colour-blind, he has created quite a sensation through his Madhubani paintings based on the PM’s speeches, mainly, on the importance of face masks and vaccination. The PM’s first address to the nation on the eve of one-day ‘Janata Curfew’ last year became Roy’s leitmotiv.

    “I drew the map of India in the palm of the Prime Minister in the Madhubani painting with the help of my sister Ankita, who filled colours in the painting,” said Roy. His second painting in support of the PM’s message was on protocols with a message: ‘Stay Home. Be Safe. Support lockdown.’ 

    Roy credits his late mother for inspiring him. “She wanted me to explore the world of colours — a challenge for me,” he said. He is supported by his brother Chandan Kumar, sister Ankita and wife Sujata in filling colours on the paintings.

    Roy’s three recent paintings on vaccination have won appreciation from the state health department. Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Pratyay Amrit has made one of the paintings on vaccination the DP as his WhatsApp status. The painting has also been tweeted by a large number of people.

    Roy wants to gift the PM a set of his paintings on the themes of his speeches in the fight against Covid-19. His motivational painting on Bihar Assembly polls was used as a promotional by Election Commission. He also has a a series of paintings on the folksongs of Bihar’s nightingale Sharda Sinha, besides depicting other themes related to environment and social causes. Youth president of ‘National Human Welfare Council’ and brand ambassador of ‘My Planet My Need’, Roy has won several state and national-level awards.