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The Hindu Monday, Feb 07, 2011 Art offers a wide canvas of jobs RISHIKESH BAHADUR DESAI There is a huge potential for artists trained in painting and design creation. Photo: G. Rajeshwara Chari Follow the heart:Artists have always been in demand, and with increasing prosperity, they are well paid. Mohan Seetanur comes from a family of jewellers. However, you can't find him sitting in his shop. He keeps travelling around the country visiting villages, historical monuments and jungles and streams and sea shores. Once or twice every year, he switches off his mobile phone and sits down to paint. This process goes on for days and what emerges is not only a creatively satisfying, but also hugely remunerative career. “My earnings as a professional painter are comfortable. I am not sure if I would make the same amount of money if I were a jeweller,'' he says. He has been a professional painter for three decades and has never regretted his decision not to join the family business. ...

The Hindu, Sun May 1, 2011 8:57 PM IST Education Plus Time to explore new worlds April 20, 2011 Rishikesh Bahadur Desai Ranjit Kumar Warre has been away from phones and the Internet for a year now. Neither has he met any of his family members and friends in that period. However, he does not feel he is missing out on anything. That is because the excitement in his job is unparalleled. A student of archaeology from Jawaharlal Nehru University, he is working on a research project on an excavation site in Kondapur, Sangareddy district, Andhra Pradesh, near Bidar. “For me, all the excitement in the world is here,” he said. “Every minute we are finding, exploring new worlds. Each stone tells a story. Pieces of pottery and vessels dug up from below the ground reveal new ways of understanding the world.” After his M.A. in history and archaeology from Andhra University, he joined the JNU. Work in Kondapur is part of his Ph.D. research. Though he says he was interested in archaeology from the b...