tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67652193862073445922024-02-07T03:14:59.764-08:00Banarasi PanditAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02707532056462685854noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765219386207344592.post-58771519974564025912008-11-26T03:41:00.000-08:002008-11-27T02:16:02.791-08:00Master Artist of JHC<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPsnrb1TgLwHUzhpkJyIIKMgUgEBWEVjKerY6wZcWJOjRMjYiKcMRxSfgmpaMtlj-hUqtJEzuOhBSsHKqSZDIPJ1HD0fEUDI3K5TcH-LrTe0PxRxT044eDHGcyjkkR5OYt6m0b7PvShniK/s1600-h/banarashi.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPsnrb1TgLwHUzhpkJyIIKMgUgEBWEVjKerY6wZcWJOjRMjYiKcMRxSfgmpaMtlj-hUqtJEzuOhBSsHKqSZDIPJ1HD0fEUDI3K5TcH-LrTe0PxRxT044eDHGcyjkkR5OYt6m0b7PvShniK/s320/banarashi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272930724252935554" border="0" /></a><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Banarasi Pandit</span>, 32, is a clayworker by caste. She lives in ghodghas <st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on">village</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename st="on">Dhanusha</st1:placename></st1:place> district with her mother-in-law and two siblings- Radheshyam Pandit and Gaurishankar Pandit. Her husband Ramnath Pandit is working as a labour in <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">Qatar</st1:country-region></st1:place>. She was not interested in painting before joining Janakpur Handicraft Center (JHC). Later it became her passion. At present she is one of the best artists of JHC.</span><br /><br />In an interview <span lang="EN-US">She said “….working outside the village was not appreciated by anybody in the family except my husband. Relatives, neighbors and friends, all of them were against my decision but I started working and able to manage the household expenditure. Now my husband works in <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">Qatar</st1:country-region></st1:place> and my children are also studying in a school. The people who were against my decision, at present they want to send their daughter and daughter-in-law to JHC to learn this art.”</span><br /></div><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">Banarasi Pandit’s painting captures the moments of particular events. She draws the people performing rituals – the rites of marriage ceremony, tonsure ceremony, the sixth day of birth of a child etc as well as daily activities of Maithili people. She has been awarded several times in the local programs.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0