I earnestly wish to create something that helps this world to forget enmity and develop feeling of love and affection towards each other,” said Kshama Kulshreshtha, an eminent artist of the city.
A noted name in the world of painting art, Kshama Kulshreshtha is a zestful artist known for her joyous nature. Even after facing a tragic incident in her life, Kshama never loses hopes and continues her journey of life with a lot of courage and enthusiasm. While in a rendezvous with The Pioneer, Kshama shared her life incident and how did she regained her will power and continued with the life adding colours to it.
She said, “It happened to me after my 12th Class when I fell down from a building and hurt my spine. The doctors gave the verdict that I cannot even move till I am alive. But, God always helped me through the difficult phase of my life in the form of my mother. My mum always stood by my side and for at least one year I was on bed.”
Kshama hails from the city and lost her spine support in an accident. While defining about the dark phase of her life Kshama further said, “Few incidents leave a permanent mark. But, in life as colours change the blank canvas into something bright, they also changed my life and filled brightness in it.”
Apart from being a painter she is tremendously a wonderful poet too. She has written as many as 1,000 poems in Hindi and 200 poems in English. Her compilation of Hindi poems will be published soon. Further, many college students of the city has made documentaries on her life. She has been a part of every event that takes place to appreciate art. She is more than an inspiration for the young generation.
Elaborating further, she said, “An accident turned my life permanently. On one hand it turned me into a more mature, responsible and sensitive artist. Consequently it helped in expressing my thoughts in an organised and lucid manner.”life treated every individual in a unique way, said Kshama, adding that “Art has been a passion for me since my childhood that further developed and got appreciation from various veteran artists of the county. Being a daughter of entrepreneurial parents I cultivated interest in the field of creativity.”
Recently she has put a solo exhibition at Bharat Bhavan which is receiving huge response. She gave wings to her passion and imagination which led her to achieve such high praise and admiration across the country. “I cannot walk in real life, but I can fly in my imagination,” said Kshama keeping a spark in her courage and enthusiasm.