Good Response for state artists at Bharat Parv

New Delhi, 15 : Artists engaged in small scale industry who have put up their stall at the Bharat Parv’s Maharashtra pavilion here in Delhi are getting tremendous response    , thanks to their own talent and logistic support  from the Maharashtra Small Scale Industrial development Corporation (MSSIDC).

Be it the Kolhapuri footwear or Paithan sarees or  Warli paintings or bangles made of lac, people coming to this pavilion are not only liking these items but buying them too.

Mohd. Iqbal Lakhera, from Achalpur, Amravati district of the state, said he has been getting tremendous response as people are visiting his stall in large number and buying lac bangles. Women members of his family have been engaged and helping in his job, he has been doing for over ten years now. He also was appreciative about MSSIDC with which he has been engaged for past one year. I am here for the first time and am thankful to the corporation for providing me with all the logistics, he said. Overall, its been a good experience so far, he said adding he would even like to participate now in the Delhi trade fair and Dilli haat.

Rajinder Shinde from Kagal tehsil of Kolhapur said for him it was like a dream come true. So far i had only heard about Rajpath or seen it on Tv that 26^th January parade starts from here. But now i am sitting here,in my stall selling Kolhapuri chappals and getting huge response, said an elated Shinde  who is here with his ‘guru’Ananda  Ravan who had taught him the art of making Kolhapuri chappals.

Vitthal  Dagle from district Palghar, who has been in the business of making Warli paintings for over four years now, said children are especially liking his kiticen set item with warli painting on its back side. I am thrilled at the response i am getting  and the MSSIDC with which i have been associated for the past two years, has been of great help, he added.

Other than Puneri sarees, the Paithan sarees are in big demand here and i am glad sale has been good so far,said Jitender Pradhan from Aurangabad who has been associated with the corporation for years. By now, i have known the taste and liking of people as i have been to several parts of the country for this work and now i would like to go abroad for exhibition and sale of Paithan sarees, said he rather confidently.