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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Isha Jain | TNN

PM Narendra Modi's ODOP gifts to G-7 leaders bring happiness to skilled artisans in Uttar Pradesh

LUCKNOW: Happiness knew no bounds for the skilled artisans from UP when they saw their products being gifted by PM Narendra Modi to the world leaders at the G7 summit.

"He (PM) is like a father who thinks for his child's welfare. Our business was on the verge of closure when he showed us the path. I had never, even in my dreams, thought that Modiji would recognise my product in such a unique manner," said 28-year-old Rohan Vishwakarma, a sixth-generation of artisans involved in the gulabi meenakari art form in Varanasi.

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