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'''Meera Thakur''' from [[Bihar]] in India practices and teaches [[sikki grass craft]]. She has received the [[Seal of Excellence for Handicrafts]] from [[UNESCO]] and the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]].<br />
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== Career ==<br />
[[File:The tableau of Bihar on the theme ‘Sikki Grass Craft of Bihar’ passes through the Rajpath during the full dress rehearsal for the Republic Day Parade-2013, in New Delhi on January 23, 2013.jpg|A float made out of sikki grass|alt=|thumb|right]]<br />
Meera Thakur was born in Umri, Madhubani in [[Bihar]], India. At the age of four she started to learn [[sikki grass craft]] from her mother, making adornments, vases and boxes.<ref name="Tribune">{{cite news |last1=Dhiman |first1=Ramesh K. |title=Lifestyle |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051216/ttlife.htm#4 |access-date=4 April 2022 |work=The Tribune |date=16 December 2005 |archive-date=3 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103183020/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051216/ttlife.htm#4 |url-status=live }}</ref> Sikki is a grass only found in Bihar and [[Uttar Pradesh]], which gives a golden fibre.<ref name="Times">{{cite news |last1=Bhatia |first1=Gaurav |title=Creations of sikki grass draw visitors |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/17458697.cms |access-date=4 April 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=3 December 2012 |language=en |archive-date=4 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404144059/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/creations-of-sikki-grass-draw-visitors/articleshow/17458697.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> Thakur lives in [[Madhubani, India|Madhubani]], where she runs Hastakala Vikas Kendra, an organization which trains disadvantaged women in craftwork.<ref name="Times" /><ref name="NSP">{{cite news |title=29 get Nari Shakti Awards |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/29-get-nari-shakti-awards-376200 |access-date=4 April 2022 |work=The Tribune |date=9 March 2022 |language=en |archive-date=11 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311063659/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/29-get-nari-shakti-awards-376200 |url-status=live }}</ref> It has set up the Folk Art Handicraft Training Centre.<ref name="Tatsat">{{cite news |last1=Kainthola |first1=Deepanshu |title=President Presents Nari Shakti Puraskar for the Years 2020, 2021 |url=https://tatsatchronicle.com/president-presents-nari-shakti-puraskar-for-the-years-2020-2021/ |access-date=4 April 2022 |work=Tatsat Chronicle |date=8 March 2022 |language=en |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309001953/https://tatsatchronicle.com/president-presents-nari-shakti-puraskar-for-the-years-2020-2021/ |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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== Awards and recognition ==<br />
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The Delhi Crafts Council gave Thakur the Bal Shilpi Artist award in 1988 and she received the [[Seal of Excellence for Handicrafts]] from [[UNESCO]] in 2005.<ref name="Tribune" /><ref name="BE">{{cite news |title=मधुबनी की मीरा को राष्ट्रपति ने किया सम्मानित, यूनेस्को सील ऑफ एक्सीलेंस अवॉर्ड मिला था 2005 में |url=https://bihar.express/president-of-madhubani-honored-meera-thakur-received-unesco-seal-of-excellence-award-in-2005/ |access-date=4 April 2022 |work=Bihar Express |date=11 March 2022 |archive-date=4 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404144027/https://bihar.express/president-of-madhubani-honored-meera-thakur-received-unesco-seal-of-excellence-award-in-2005/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She was presented with the <br />
[[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] on [[International Women's Day]] 2022.<ref name="Tatsat" /><br />
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