Millet art exhibition marks World Food Day

On World Food Day, an art exhibition featuring millet-based artworks opened at the YMCA on Beach Road in Visakhapatnam. Organized by millet artist Meka Vijay Kumar, the exhibition aimed to highlight the evolution of human food habits through paintings. Visitors were treated to sixteen works that took six months to create, tracing the journey of food from traditional systems to modern packaged foods and the health issues they have caused.

Andhra Pradesh Divisional Railway Manager Lalit Bohra inaugurated the exhibition, praising the use of art for a social cause and urging people to preserve their food heritage, embrace healthy living, and include millets in their diets. The artist, a railway employee, expressed that the artworks represented the human relationship with food, from the forests and millets of the past to the present-day packaged food and fast-food culture. The exhibition is scheduled to run for three days.