Starving Arts-The Half Story of the colours of Raghurajpur...

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In our everyday living we see, breathe, eat, drink and live so many  different things whose origins are never our primary concern. But indeed beyond the subconscious of our secondary dependable living we hardly know how many lives we touch. Raghurajpur in one such story to reckon...

Orissa has always been the artistic and crafty Pandora of this side of India and

and traditionally the most extravagant tourist spots we can boast of but like the darkness beneath the lamp, lies a story that faces another side of the coin. Crossing the Temples of Balabhadra, Subhadra and beyond the beaches where the famous Sudarshan Pattnaik enchants with his sand art; lies the artists of Raghurajpur who paint the several items of décor as well as festivities but are on the verge of losing the colour of their life. It’s truly sad that when so much worthless junk fills the cyberspace, the tedious and amazingly excellent works of this artisans craves for such a widespread platform..

The main problem lies in the middle-man segment of their work that gaps the buyers from the patta-chitra artists. The money changes hands and thus reduces to bare minimum. This Indiblogger initiative spearheaded by TATA Capital is truly an applaud-able project and kudos to those who have came forward to make it happening and successful.

Let’s hope the plight of these artists who have been handed this craft generation after generations may not succumb to the inevitable though how much more strain can those eyes take and how long can the colour, those hands brings to life is a merely the play of time if real time efforts don’t reach them. Let’s for once the Half-stories be completed. Let’s Do Right..

Until Next time…