Lucknow’s got a special Bonsai Artist in Mrs Arora - the Founder President of our Bonsai Association. A warm welcome awaits all guests visiting the Arora House. There balcony garden houses some of the most exotic varieties of Bonsai alongside an immensely captivating wall mural.
Her brush with Bonsai dates back to as early as the 1970s when she started working with India’s best, Jyoti and Nikunj Parekh, Mumbai, who are the pioneers of this art form in India.
She is trained under world renowned Masters like John Naka, Chase Rosade of USA, Peter Chan of UK and others. She has visited Rome in Italy to attend a workshop by Mr. Sandro Signeri, who runs a famous Bonsai School in Italy, while she herself delivered a talk on Indian Bonsai to them. She also attended the World Bonsai Convention in Washington DC last year, along with her husband.
She has also featured in the very popular women magazine FEMINA, with a caption “Grow oranges on the window sill.”
In the last couple of years, that I have known her, she comes across as a wonderful human being, a good administrator and a great teacher who loves to share her immense wealth of knowledge with as many students as possible, coming from all walks of life.
She encourages each one of her student, to Create & Nurture their very own self designed “Nature in Miniature” and pursue this endearing hobby… as an elixir of life.
“Aunty” as she is lovingly called by most of her students is “Our Guru” literally, as she adorns many a feather in her GREEN BONSAI cap.
Today, she is a name to be reckoned with in the pristine world of Bonsai, as she has been teaching this extraordinary art form to enthusiastic plant lovers for over 30 years now.
Just watching her conduct a workshop on Bonsai with such energy and dedication inspires me as well as, all her students to learn more about this vast subject.
The following lines............. are dedicated specially for Aunty on “Teachers Day” ................. on behalf of all her students and members of the Association:-
Guru Brahma guru Vishnu, Gurudevo Maheshwara,
Guru sakshat perbrahma, tasme shree gurve namah
Guru is equivalent to the God Brahma, he is God Vishnu and he is also equivalent to God Shankar. Not only that, but Guru is equivalent to one and only the God and knowing this I salute my Guru.
**** This photo of Mrs. Arora, is taken with a 380 years old pine Bonsai, by Grand Master John Naka, at the National Arboretum, Washington DC. USA
** This is a copy of my article published in Hindustan Times..... supplement HT Weekend LIVE for Teachers Day, in Sept 2006.
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