Page 3 - programmes conducted during year 2016

Solo recital of Vani on Jan 9.

Smt. Vani Ganapathy

DISABILITY IS NOT A DETERRENT FOR ARTISTDISABILITY IS

NOT A DETERRENT FOR ARTIST

A thinking bird, a smiling flower, a calm and peaceful horse… These startling and rare

images which Anu Jain depicts in her paintings, are her way of communicating with the
world around her.

Anu, 32, wonders why disabled persons are stigmatized , when no one is perfect in this

imperfect world. Born without legs and rudimentary elbows. Anu paints, photographs and
designs artwork. She is no amateur either, having cleared Chitra Bhaskar Part –II from

Prachin Kala Kendra, Chandigarh.

Anu may not have fingers, but plays the piano. An avid reader of Sudha Murty‘s books,

she recently painted Murty‘s portrait and presented it to her. A surprised Sudha wrote to
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan to organize an exhibition of paintings of a rare artist. The exhibition

sponsored by Infosys Foundation, opened on Saturday 16 and was on till January 23.

Her family is her backbone. While elder sister Abha and younger brother Trilok help her

update her website, her parents Kiranprabha and Vinay Kumar Jain stand as her pillars.
Abha says Anu is a vibrant, self-motivated, resourceful person and the family is only

supporting her interests. ―One day, my mother gave me a brush and paint and asked me to
draw on white canvas. I gradually felt interested and explored. I was home trained. My

paintings are reflections of my thoughts .