मूर्तिकारों की बेरंग बसंत पंचमी! जाने क्यों पुश्तैनी काम छोड़ने को मजबूर हैं मूर्ति कलाकार

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बसंत पंचमी के लिए मां सरस्वती की मूर्ति बनाना कलाकारों ने शुरू कर दिया है. लेकिन उनके चेहरे पर मायूसी छाई हुई है.

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00:30On 2nd February, there is Basant Panchami or Saraswati Pooja.

00:55On this day, Mahasaraswati Pooja is performed.

00:57Right now, I am at the place where Mahasaraswati idols are made.

01:01If you see behind me, there are idols of Mahasaraswati.

01:03From small to big size, there are many idols.

01:05If I take you to the other side and show you,

01:08you will see that there are many idols here.

01:11And this artist is making these idols with a lot of finishing.

01:18These are clay idols.

01:20If you see there, there are big idols there as well.

01:22And on that side, there are many such idols.

01:24If you see here, there are big idols of Mahasaraswati.

01:30All these idols will be made for Mahasaraswati Pooja on 2nd February.

01:36There are many artists from Rajasthan here.

01:39Many idols have been packed and many are being made.

01:41There are many artists here and we will try to talk to them as well.

01:44We will try to know how much effort they put in making these idols.

01:49What is your name?

01:50My name is Khazan.

01:51Khazan?

01:52Yes.

01:52Where are you from?

01:53I am from Rajasthan.

01:54Rajasthan?

01:55Yes.

01:55Do you make idols every year?

01:56Yes, we make them every year.

01:57What do you think about the market this time?

01:59This time, there is no market.

02:00Before the lockdown, there was no work.

02:03The work that was going on, there is no work now.

02:05Still, we make a lot on our wrist.

02:07The family is sitting with us.

02:08We don't have any other work other than this.

02:10We make a lot of idols.

02:11If we make a little, we save it.

02:13If we save it, we give it away.

02:15Now, we make all these clay idols at home.

02:17If it is sold a little, we give it away.

02:19If it is not sold, we give it away in the next season.

02:21And if it is not sold, we give it away.

02:24It is not that expensive.

02:25Do you make idols here?

02:26Do you have supply everywhere?

02:28No, we don't have supply.

02:29We used to go to CoCo.

02:30They used to take a couple of idols and sell them.

02:31The rest of the idols that we used to sell,

02:33they are all broken.

02:35How many idols do you have?

02:37We have 200 and 500 idols.

02:40If we go to Mars, we have 1200-1300.

02:42That's it.

02:43This is the last idol.

02:44What do you think about the market this time?

02:45Are people buying idols?

02:46This time, there may be less demand.

02:50We are not getting any orders.

02:52We have already booked a couple of idols.

02:54We have already made a list of idols.

02:56We don't know what will happen in the future.

02:58If we have customers, we can sell them.

03:00If we have customers, we can sell them.

03:02What do you think, will you sell your idols this time?

03:04I can't say anything further.

03:06I don't know if it will be sold or not.

03:08We have already made a list.

03:09What clay is used to make this idol?

03:11This is plaster and mud.

03:13Both are mixed to make this idol.

03:15It dissolves in water.

03:17It doesn't cause any pollution.

03:19What do you want to appeal to the government?

03:21What else can we appeal to the government?

03:23Like our idol is being made.

03:25We mix clay and plaster to make this idol.

03:27We mix clay and plaster to make this idol.

03:29We make this idol with this idol.

03:31There is a lot of business going on.

03:33There is a lot of business going on.

03:35We don't have any other work.

03:37We just do this a little bit.

03:39We just do this a little bit.

03:41How long have you been making this idol?

03:43It's been 15-16 years.

03:45It's been 15-16 years.

03:47Do you do the whole family's work?

03:49We do the whole family's work.

03:51We don't have other work.

03:53We don't have other family's work.

03:55We are just doing this a little bit.

03:57We are just doing this a little bit.

03:59They are the artists from Rajasthan.

04:01They are the artists from Rajasthan.

04:03All of them are childhood friends.

04:05They are the children of the family.

04:07They live here.

04:09Do you make idols here?

04:11We do make it.

04:13We live here.

04:15There are women sculptors here, small children, and all other people.

04:20And if we talk about sculptors, their work is based on this.

04:25Their livelihood is based on this.

04:29Apart from this, they don't have any other source of income.

04:33And this is the reason why they are appealing to people,

04:35to take as many sculptures as possible, so that their livelihood can be sustained.

04:40As you are saying, this time the demand for sculptures has reduced.

04:45Not much, but it has reduced.

04:47Although it has been seen in many places that the demand for sculptures has increased.

04:50But if we talk about Faridabad, the demand for sculptures here is decreasing day by day.

04:54For Faridabad City Bharat, Mukesh Kumar.

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