patna today everybody is in the marketplace for sale everything is for sale politicians and media are solely responsible for destroying the social fabric of the country said noted artist jatin das in patna on mondayjatin das is presently in the city in connection with the inauguration of a private art gallery our education is not connected with our culture our children are taught about flowers like daffodiles in classes when they had not seen it similarly children know that milk which they drink comes from pouches and bottles das feelsschools homes and government institutions once considered as one of the great institutions have been totally destroyed words like self esteem sensitivity values have no meaning in the society vulgarity gossip and glamour matter only he saidwe are systematically destroying our culture there is a lack of grace in the society everybody is talking ill of everybody he said there is strong need for all the likeminded people to come forward for the betterment of the societydas an eminent artist has held over 50 solo exhibitions and participated in innumerable groups in india and abroad jatin das has an uncommon fascination for handfans in the last 25 years he has collected over 5000 handfans probably the largest personal collection in the world he said it reminds me of hundreds of women fan makers unknown and tucked away in remote mud houses in villages throughout the countrysixty twoyearold das said during my journey i have spent more than rs 30 lakh in collecting fans and now it is the collection worth more than rs five crorefan museum london has decided to organise exhibition of pankha handfans collection from october 6 for nearly four months which will be followed at rome switzerland and spainthe orissa government has gifted him one acre land near khandgiri caves at bhubaneshwar for setting up a museum jd centre of artwhen this museum is built i have decided to donate my entire collection of the traditional arts books photographs paintings handicrafts that i have collected over the years he said the centre is being designed by the famous architect balakrishna v doshithough famed as a painter jatin has also made sculpture the first sculpture that he has done in the bhilai steel plant is probably one of the largest steel installations in india the poet dom moraes entitled it flights of steeljatin was also commissioned by the parliament secretariat to do an 80feet mural in oil called the journey of india from mohenjodaro to gandhi it is the larget murals in the country which describes the history of 5000 years of india the former prime minister atal bihari vajpayee had inaugurated it on august 28 2001 in parliament annexe vajpayeeji had also composed poem on me on that day he recalls