Since the beginning of my career as a Mithila painter, I have tried to juxtapose contemporary issues with traditional form, natural colors and spiritual aesthetics of my native land. I have tried to make my paintings a link between ages-old tradition of Mithila art and contemporary international art community. Ever since I first started painting, I have sought to give Mithila art a recognition it deserves by preserving its techniques and tools. My grandmother remains the sole source of inspiration to me. Almost all of my works are the result of traditions passed down to me from generations. I grew up watching my grandmother and women from my community, painting mud walls of house during festivals. Painting walls and floors on such celebrations in the past was traditionally and primarily thought to be the job of female family members. As a child observer, I would be enchanted by the raw drawings which my grandmother drew. Her drawings, for me, were the most live visual forms. For her family and friends, she would draw Kohbar paintings on the wall for newlywed couples.I watched her drawing visually appealing Aripan-floor painting- made by rice paste on mud floors.My grandmother’s hand would transform the entire home. With Deepawali light around, the home , her Aripan drawings would look like a piece of heaven. It was on such occasions that my family and I welcomed Lord Rama returning from his fourteen-year-long exile. I have learned such skills of drawing from my grandmother and from the women folk from my community. Using the very skills I have learnt from them, I’ve tried to fuse them with contemporary social issues. Deep down I feel that while practicing Mithila painting, I also carrying the soul of my grandmother with me.