Born in Pallahara, Odisha, brought up amidst bountiful nature this highly passionate self taught artist had a clear goal in his life. To be a painter, not only was he driven by this obsessive desire of making art but spent most of his waking hours thinking about art. Started his creative journey with humble charcoal from his mothers chullah, he ended up as a railway man in Nagpur after finishing college education, undeterred, he balanced his job and art re ...