The showcase brings together 500 hand fans of the 8,500 that Das procured from across the world. Besides, women fan-makers from Jharkhand, Bihar, Jaisalmer and Uttarakhand can be seen making and selling hand fans outside the exhibition, which is divided into Southeast Asia and rest of the world. Forty years ago, in his Nizamuddin studio, Das picked up a hand fan and, in all mock seriousness, tried to “stir the still air” around his friend who was sitting depressed. Thus began a sempiternal fascination for hoarding hand fans wherever he went. I have already had a few shows in India and abroad and this is my last temporary show of pankhas,” says Das.

Source: Indian Express June 04, 2018 00:00 UTC