# Millet paintings mark World Food Day in Visakhapatnam

> A railway employee's sixteen millet artworks trace humanity's food journey from forests to fast food, opening at the YMCA for three days.
- Title: Millet paintings mark World Food Day in Visakhapatnam
- Summary: A railway employee's sixteen millet artworks trace humanity's food journey from forests to fast food, opening at the YMCA for three days. Millet artist Meka…
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- Source: The Hindu — https://thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/millet-art-exhibition-marks-world-food-day/article71593820.ece
- Author: The Hindu Bureau
- Published: 2026-10-16T19:03:23+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: millet art, world food day, meka vijay kumar, visakhapatnam, food heritage, ymca beach road, news, politics
## Railway manager opens millet art show
Visakhapatnam Divisional Railway Manager Lalit Bohra inaugurated an exhibition of paintings made with millets by Meka Vijay Kumar at the YMCA, Beach Road, on Friday to mark World Food Day.
## Preserve food heritage, Bohra urges
Mr. Bohra said using art for a social cause was commendable, and urged people to know and preserve their food heritage, adopt healthy living and include millets in their diet.
## Sixteen works trace food's journey
Mr. Vijay Kumar, a railway employee, created sixteen works over six months tracing the human journey with food, from forests and millets to agriculture, packaged food, fast-food culture and health problems.
## Exhibition runs for three days
The exhibition will continue for three days from its opening on Friday, October eighteenth, twenty twenty-six at the YMCA on Beach Road in Visakhapatnam.
## Key takeaway

Millet artist Meka Vijay Kumar opened a sixteen-work exhibition at Visakhapatnam's YMCA on October eighteenth to mark World Food Day, showing food's evolution from traditional systems to modern packaged goods.