Art activist & politician, Chinna making most of family time

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Years have been passed, there was no Sunday or holiday for me. I was always engaged with functions, meetings or appointments on weekends. So this lockdown time is precious for me when I am staying home with my family, enjoying the home-cooked food. However, all activities are going on, thanks to new media theologies.

Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina

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Charanjit Singh Teja

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, May 3

Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina, president of the Indian Academy of Fine Arts, Amritsar, and senior BJP leader recalls his wedding days when he had stayed home for 15 days.

“Years have been passed, there was no Sunday or holiday for me. I was always engaged with functions, meetings or appointments on weekends. So this lockdown time is precious for me when I am staying home with my family, enjoying the home-cooked food. However, all activities are going on, thanks to new media theologies,” he says.

Being an art activist, educationalist and politician, Chhina keeps in touch with people associated with art, the college and the party.

“I am regularly making calls to all artists associated with the Indian Academy of Fine Arts, colleagues in the party and college staff to know their well-being. I am thankful to the essential service providers who are serving us in these tough times. We used to hear from our elders about the outbreak of plague and other pandemic that how tough the survival was. Now we are experiencing it, but things have been changed,” he added.

Chhina also takes care of his agricultural farm and brick-kilns. “The harvesting of the wheat crop is going on and I visit my farm everyday”, he added.

Chhina said although it was a tough time, they would learn several things from it. “I think that we all are earning something from these lockdown days. Personally, I always had dream to do sehaj path of Guru Granth Sahib. I have initiated path and I think that it is a great opportunity for me that I have been spending my time with Gurbani,” he said.

Apart from personal things, Chhina keeps himself busy with social work along with his party colleagues and makes efforts for the betterment of education. “We have initiated webinars and online lectures in the college and take several steps for students so the lockdown does not disrupt their studies,” he said.