Students embody Kalam in 'foodgrain potrait'

INDORE: In a fitting tribute to the outgoing President, school students here have created a distinctive and unconventional portrait of A P J Abdul Kalam, using food grains on a canvas measuring over 1,100 square feet.

Prepared by the Fine Arts stream disciples of Indore Public School, the portrait will be displayed for three days in the IPS Academy, academy's Chairman Achal Choudhry told here on Tuesday.

Five quintals of foodgrains used in the exhibit would thereafter be distributed among poor persons, she said.

"The idea behind drawing a portrait with food grains is that it gelled with the earthy image of the President, who spearheaded the concern of providing food-security to the nation as part of his mission to make India a developed nation by 2020," she said.

Seven varieties of food grains were used in drawing the huge portrait of the 'missile man' as a mark of respect, Choudhary added.

The students also lighted candles around the grain figure carrying placards reading 'We will miss you sir', 'The missile man of India' and 'Long live the President Sir' among others.