An exhibition titled Samsara held in Lucknow

A craft exhibition titled ‘Samsara’ was held recently at Kala Srot Art Gallery in

Aliganj

, displaying Ajrakh, art, which is rarely seen these days. The artist

Divyanshu Rastogi

, grandson of theatre veteran

Dr Anil Rastogi

, exhibited a total of 65 such art works.

(L) Asma Hussain (R) Dr Anis Ansari and Divyanshu Rastogi (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)
Fashion designer Asma Hussain inaugurated the event by lighting the lamp, along with

Ravi Bhatt

, Dr Anil Rastogi, Ravi Kapoor,

JK Aggarwal

and Mohammad Shakil. "Nowadays we don’t see youngsters indulging in rare crafts which are on the verge of extinction and Divyanshu has done a great work reviving a craft which is very hard to practice and it takes a very long time to complete a single piece," said Asma.
— Saad Abbasi

(L) Anil Rastogi (R) Jai Krishna Agarwal (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)

Anurag Mishra (L) and Prem Panjwani (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)

(L) Vanita Yadav (R) Shobhna Jagdish (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)