British couple painting mural of Dr. T. Ao in Mokokchung

Morung Express News Mokokchung | February 9   Socially engaged British street artist couple, Helen and Sam are working on a mural at Imkongmeren Sports Complex Mokokchung under a CSR project of India’s largest paint manufacturer Asian Paints and initiated by Delhi based NGO, St+art Foundation.   The artists expect to complete the project in seven days where they will paint a mural of Dr T. Ao, Captain of the first Indian Olympic football team in commemoration of his birth centenary year with the background depicting the landscape, tradition and the rich culture of the Ao Nagas on one side of the MDBA Indoor Stadium facing the football ground at Imkongmeren sports complex.   Whitewashing, priming and scaffolding was done 3 days earlier and the work is expected to be completed by tomorrow. They will also be painting another mural on the front wall of the MDBA Indoor Badminton Stadium. The side wall facing the football ground is 30 X 60 feet while the front side is a little bigger.   The initial proposal for the project was corresponded by a military officer Colonel P.S. Chohan and his wife with the Mokokchung District Badminton Association – the local facilitators of the project. According to the local facilitators, the officer being a sportsman who was based in Nagaland during his service wanted to contribute for promoting sports persons of Nagaland and the Ao community.   Meanwhile, the local coordinators of the project have welcomed interested local artists to join Helen and Sam tomorrow, where the work will begin at 8:00 am. Interested people can also access the works of the artists in their individual websites www.helenbur.com and www.waspelder.com.