{
  "id": 6742492,
  "title": "From Chalk To Diplomacy: Odisha Artist Creates Tiny Miniatures Ahead Of 18th BRICS Summit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/from-chalk-to-diplomacy-odisha-artist-creates-tiny-miniatures-ahead",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-11T09:40:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/lifestyle/from-chalk-to-diplomacy-odisha-artist-creates-tiny-miniatures-ahead-of-18th-brics-summit"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "As India prepares to host the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, an Odisha artist has crafted miniature portraits of the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa using chalk. Bijay Kumar, a 23-year-old electrical engineer who works at Tata Power, created these intricate artworks, which took nearly one month to complete. Each portrait measures a mere one centimetre and showcases the remarkable attention to detail required in miniature art. The artist has contacted embassies of the BRICS countries, with the High Commission of South Africa congratulating him on his Guinness World Record achievement and requesting the miniature portraits along with the BRICS logo.",
  "summary": "As India prepares to host the 18th BRICS Summit from Monday, September 12, 2026, at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, an artist from Odisha has created miniature portraits of world leaders using chalk. He created miniatures of the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The artist’s intricate work brings together art, diplomacy and current affairs, turning a simple piece of chalk into…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}