The artist Rukmini Mishra is a mother of three daughters and the youngest son. She lives with her father in law and her husband. Her husband has been working abroad in Qatar for three years in a steel industry. He has taken a lot of loans from the village for his first flight and itinerary to Qatar which Rukmini hopes to start paying back from the extra money she makes at the Institute.
The artist Indu Baitha is one of the three daughters in laws in her house. She is the last one in line and her husband is mostly abroad in India, working in some factories. She only gets to see her husband once a year during off season at the factory. She is very happy to have had this opportunity to join the Institute and would like to thank all the customers that buy her paintings.
The artist Mamta Baitha is one of the three daughters in laws in her house. She is the second one in line and her husband is mostly abroad in India, working in some factories. She only gets to see her husband once a year during off season at the factory. She is very happy to have had this opportunity to join the Institute and would like to thank all the customers that buy her paintings.
The artist Heera Karna has two sons. Her husband left her seven years ago and got married to another woman. Since then Heera has been supporting herself through different manual jobs and educating her two sons. Joining the Institute has been different because she can use her creativity and talent instead of manual labor in the fields.
The artist Nagina Karna lives by herself since her family left her few years ago. She had taken Mithila painting training few years back and hence it was easy for her to join the Jurshital Institute and get engaged in making Mithila paintings. She loves spending her time at the Institute and creating paintings that she feels like creating each day.
The artist Usha Pandey is grandmother of two grandsons; she lives with her two sons, husband and a daughter in law. Her eldest son dropped out of high school and got married to a girl from Delhi that he lives with. He works in a mobile phone shop in a nearby town that provides for his family. However, the income in mot enough for a family of seven and hence Usha decided to join the Institute for some extra income.
1. The artist Nilam Pandey is a mother of three daughters and two sons. She married off her eldest daughter at an age of fourteen. The next daughter in line takes care of all the household works and the youngest daughter is too young to do any work. She wants her son to go to school and get education but since both Nilam and her husband are illiterate, their son lack guidance and hence they are not that successful at school. Nilam finds peace at the Institute, where she can leave behind all the family responsibilities and engage in painting beautiful works of creation.
