Tamil Nadu   

Governor goes on a shopping spree

Staff Reporter

Fair to raise funds for the HIV/AIDS affected children

VIP SHOPPER: Governor Surjit Singh Barnala at an exhibition in Chennai on Saturday. — Photo : M.Vedhan

Chennai: Governor Surjit Singh Barnala went on a shopping spree on Saturday at a fair organised by the IAS Officers' Wives Association to raise funds for HIV/AIDS affected children.

Mr. Barnala visited each of the 37 stalls and picked up several handcrafted items to give as gifts: Intricate Tanjore paintings, Madhubani art work, handloom shirts and crafted boxes containing tea-bags.

He also bought hand-embroidered salwar-kameez material for his daughter and a set of 1,000 printed greeting cards with drawings by tsunami affected children in Nagapattinam and Cuddalore.

The fair was held at SAF games village. Proceeds from the fair, which concluded on the same day, would go to an orphanage for children affected by HIV/AIDS or had been orphaned as their parents were affected.

"The fair is part of our social service programme through which we help the disadvantaged," Usha Selvam, secretary of the IAS Officers' Wives Association said.

The association members became enterprising businesswomen at the fair. Glass paintings by Kuntal Kumar, wife of IGP (Intelligence) Sanjeev Kumar, were a big hit. Her glass paintings featured Lord Ganesha, abstract art and flowers. Prices ranged from Rs. 200 to Rs. 800.

Ceramic art work and pot decoration by Anvita, wife of IPS officer Ashutosh Shukla, was also popular. Madhubani paintings obtained from Orissa were sold by Rashmi Rajeev, wife of Govenor's ADC Rajeev Kumar.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

Minister clarifies on report
Remembering an icon
Awaiting their turn
Shouldering responsibility
Freak feeding
Harvest mission
Governor goes on a shopping spree
No possibility of third front: R. Nallakannu
BG conversion work may find place in Railway budget
Tehri dam has killed two rivers, says Bahuguna
Briefly

Copyright © 2006, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu