“I got a job in Banaras in 2007. When you first come to the city you feel there are so many dirty and unorganisedplaces that the government is not taking care of. After walking around the city for a few days, I recognized many different places and came up with the idea of setting up wall murals there,” says Suresh K. Nair. Hailing from Kerala, 45-year-old Suresh is a renowned mural artist. He moved to Varanasi as the assistant professor in the department of painting at Banaras Hindu University and together with his visual arts students, he started the Public Art Project to give the city a new look.

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