Life is so unpredictable ! You never know what destiny has planned
for you. You work towards something and end up getting something
entirely different. Being a software engineer and working in various IT
companies for the almost eight long years, there was no major
achievement in life, still it was moving swiftly. However, somehow I
felt discontent with myself as I was not doing anything substantial to
satiate my creative urge. It felt as if an essential piece of life's
jigsaw puzzle was missing.
I knew the problem. I had an
inclination towards handicrafts, art and traveling, since childhood; and
my job wasn't allowing me to enjoy any of these. Then one day amidst a
casual discussion with a very dear friend sprouted a brilliant idea. The
idea of traveling to various art and culture rich states across India,
explore the handicrafts, meet the artisans and exhibit their art to the
world and also earn some money from it if people like my taste for arts.
That was the day when "Dastkaarii" was conceived and I knew I had to do
it !
-- Richa