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For a cause: Union Minister Maneka Gandhi shows a rare miniature mica painting from her collection , in the Capital on Monday. These mica paintings can be seen and purchased at 14, Ashoka Road. | Photo Credit: Shanker Chakravartymore-inMiniature paintings on transparent sheets of mica were popular in India in the 19th Century as they were sold to British tourists as souvenirs. Hopes for better exhibitMs.
Gandhi says, “The mica paintings imitate the style used for painting on glass and are painted from behind with opaque pigments. However, over time, the practice of painting on sheets of the extremely delicate sheet of the mineral went out of vogue and they are now rare as many of them have been destroyed because of their fragile nature..