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I am a Fine Arts student, and I think my application would be incomplete without talking about my background and from where my art comes. My identity as an artist is strongly connected with rural life, handmade culture, and the memories of growing up around simple but very meaningful creative works. Since I was young, I saw sewing, Nakshi Kantha, embroidery, and many hand crafts around me. These were not things only inside museums, they were part of everyday life. I did not only watched them, I also learned from them and took part in small ways. I saw how much time, patience, and emotion people put for making something by hand. Especially women in rural homes, they were creating beautiful works quietly, but many times their talent was not recognized properly. This affected me deeply.

Because of this background, I started to see art in different way. For me, art is not only painting on canvas or making something beautiful for look at. Art can hold memory, family history, pain, love, and identity. A stitched cloth can tell a story. A pattern can carry generations of tradition. This idea became very meaningful in my life. Now as a student of Fine Arts, I try to bring these traditional materials and ideas into contemporary art. I use textile, sewing methods, mixed media, and installation ideas in some of my projects. I like combining old traditions with modern expressions. Sometimes I make mistakes while working, and sometimes the result is not perfect, but I always learn from the process. I think that is also what art is.

My interest is to build a bridge between folk culture and modern visual language. Many young people look only toward western modern art, but I believe our own roots also have strong inspiration. I want to show that rural craft and local traditions can stand proudly in contemporary spaces also. This part of my identity is meaningful because it gives me purpose. I am not making art only for myself. I want to represent voices, histories, and skills which are often ignored. In future, I hope to teach, support young artists, and maybe create a gallery space where traditional and contemporary art can meet in Indian subcontinent.

The opportunity to study in India under the ICCR scholarship is very important for me because Indian artistic traditions such as murals, miniature painting, and various folk art forms have strong connection with my own interests and practice. Learning in that environment would help me gain new techniques, materials, and ideas which I can apply in my own artwork. At the same time, by understanding both the similarities and differences between Indian and Bangladeshi cultures, I believe I can make my art more deeper and more diverse.