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Arunapyari
Awarded National Award
By Namaram Kishalaya
Half of the battle is won. Recognition is necessary in our effort to serve our state – to teach young, talented, and unemployed persons in the field of designing with textiles.
In an exclusive interview with this writer at the newly constructed Manipur Bhavan located at Bir Tikendrajit Marg, Chanakya Puri,
Anurapyari while admitting that her efforts are in its infancy
stated that a platform for gathering young and dynamic persons interested in textiles designing could be made available to everyone.
Arunapyari received the National award from the Finance Minister, Jaswant Singh as a special recognition for her entrepreneurship, earlier on August 28. The National Award
was awarded by the Research and Development (Small Scale Industries, SSI) here in Delhi with a sum of Rs 10,000, other citations and a trophy as the only Manipuri lady entrepreneur for this
year along with other national awardees from different parts of the country.
Arunapyari, born in 1956 is the daughter of (late) Oinam Krishnamohan shares the birth date with Late Princess of Wales, Lady Diana. Married to Salam Dinamani, Arunapyari or “Aruna” who is respected and encouraged by the former Governor of Manipur, His Excellency, N Shrivastava started her Aruna Academy of Creative Arts located at Masjid Road with an initial worth of Rs 3.20 lakhs since its inception in 1995-95 and rose to Rs 8.76 lakhs in the year 1998-1999.
Disgruntled by the indifferent nature meted out by the Manipur Bhavan staffs in Delhi, saying that “this is not the way one should treat a national awardees”, Arunapyari managed to maintain her pent up emotion and shared some of her past and present happenings and her plans briefly. She described the potential producing qualitative product since the silks available in the state of Manipur are as good and the silks found around he world like that of the Chinese and the Japanese silks.
With a personality inclined towards social works since birth and involving with Meira Paibis in the state for social enlistment, Arunapyari did her post graduation in English literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi in the year 1978. Driven by her passion for arts and music, she pursued a bachelor’s degree in Music from Bhatkhande Sangeet Budyapith, Lucknow in the year 1995.
Dressed in her own designs and creation with a traditional blend, “Aruna” was optimistic that in future and with the advancement of technology, she would be able to enhance and beautify her creations in tune with the present trends. She had designs many types of attire for models, Miss Contestants, and lately, “Album actresses” in for Manipuri in Manipur and Delhi.
Her aim to promote her products world-wide, though strong and determined had been hampered by people who should be responsible for the growth of the state and the country, she admitted and further cited the incident of how she had been trying to meet some of the top officials here in Delhi. She said her messages for an appointment with the concerned authority failed and lay wasted on the tables of those who are responsible for receiving at the reception counters.
Aruna showed this writer a list of awards and recognition she achieved since she began to venture into the glamorous world of fashion. The earliest award dated back since 1996 until date. Various local newspapers including the Imphal Free Press also published her list of awards earlier. She also holds the position of chairman and advisor for several organization and institution related to handloom and handicraft in the state.
Mention may be made; several entrepreneurs from Manipur had also received National Awards in the Small Scale Industries sector including Miss Lata Shakhi of Industries Estate, Takyelpat in 1993 for her handloom bandage cloth. Others worth mentioning were Km Wareppam Tondonbi of Embroidery House, Kwakeithel Thiyam Leikai in the year 1995-96 for her garments and S Saratchandra of M/s SS Electronics of Khurai Thangjam Leikai for his TV – both b/w and color, inverters, UPS, storage batteries and cable TV
equipments.
(The writer is the ManipurOnline Resident Editor at Delhi)
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