Pakistan, Aug. 18 -- Tell us about your foray into the field of arts. How did it all begin for you?

I was very young actually, I must be only five or six when I got involved in playing with powder colours and water colours. I would sit on a large piece of paper and with my fingers only would make abstract designs and develop my imagination. I only became serious about my craft after the age of 16, when I finally completed my schooling and joined Forman Christian (FC) College. Since I was not interested in studies that much, I left FC College and joined the National College of Arts instead. I was interested in painting and so I begun studying that. I noticed that I was slightly different from other students. I was using the college's stud...