Meet The Mumbai Artist Bringing Colour To Pune Slums With The Aim To Change Mindsets

A Mumbai-based artist has started a unique initiative to help people living in the slum areas of Pune. Under the 'Misaal Mumbai' initiative, the artist has brought about an idea to paint the huts in the slum with different colours.

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Slums in Pune being coloured under 'Misaal Mumbai', an initiative of Rouble Nagi- a Mumbai-based artist & founder of NGO Rouble Nagi Art Foundation; Nagi says,"I want to connect to these people through arts. Main aim is not to colour the walls but bring a change in their mindset" pic.twitter.com/snFRH6lFeD

¡ª ANI (@ANI) 7 March 2019

Rouble is the founder of the Mumbai-based NGO that goes by the name of Rouble Nagi Art Foundation. Rouble told ANI that her main aim behind this project is to connect with people.

"I want to connect to these people through arts. The main aim is not to colour the walls but bring a change in their mindset," she said.

Rouble continued, "When I paint 20 walls here, 200 people come & stand with me. If I go to their home as a social activist and try to help, they'll have that speculation that who is she. So we start with colouring, they come out of their homes, & that's when we tell them what we want to do."

Her initiative has gone viral and Twitterati is lauding this unique initiative.

The famous Parvati hills & Temples are in the backdrop of these slums,now makes for a much better and scenic viewing. I will try to snap a nice picture tomorrow. Really appreciate this work??#?????? #????? #? #MisaalPune #misaalmumbai #incredibleindia

¡ª Sanket D. Patil (@San4u8793) 6 March 2019

It's a wonderful initiative under the form of #ART Garden-fresh perspective for change in people's life & core agenda is even more prominent. An #Artist can mould people's mind gently.
Seems all good, supppaa..!!?#Misaalmumbai

¡ª Kshama (@kshama1703) 8 March 2019