I never thought myself as an artist in the true sense because I have never had  professional   training in any form of art. I just love art in any form and always tried to learn the best out of everything artistic. When I was a child I painted a scenery of a semi urban scene in water colour as homework of my art class in school.  My teacher felt that I got it painted by an artist in my family. As a punishment I was given five more pictures to paint. I composed and painted five scenes from Kobiguru Rabindranath Tagore's "Pujarini" and showed them to my teacher. She did not say a word and just put right marks on the pages. But I knew she was convinced this time that I did all the paintings. Later, I completed the series of 15 more scenes from "Pujarini". That is how painting and craft came to me. I feel, even if you don't have the formal training, you can do it if you have the passion and will. 

For me, creativity is not just a hobby, it is a way of life.  Embroidery is my passion from my childhood. Working from the scrap.... I have always done that and have always loved to do. Conceiving ideas and putting them into  shape and form is a continuous process for me. Not everything turns out to be perfect, you have to deal with failure . But when you get the right result, the joy is tremendous and this keeps me going.