Exhausted, some models, he recalls, would even fall asleep while posing. In fact, as a student of JJ School of Art, artist Kisalay Vora remembers being introduced to an elderly model and later, spotting her at a flyover, begging. But in India, meagre pay for models has meant that art students receive a predictable palette -above 50, needy, usually tired. In countries like the US, ballet dancers and gym instructors work as nude models, making over Rs 5,000 an hour. "If I leave, how will the students study?" In any art class, live models beat photographs because they are capable of both muscular tension and emotion. "If I leave, how will the students study?" In any art class, live models beat photographs because they are capable of both muscular tension and emotion.neighbours, Sangita is a "helper" and even though a ready offer of Rs 15,000 per month as a ward girl waits for her, she hesitates. To her kids and neighbours, Sangita is a "helper" and even though a ready offer of Rs 15,000 per month as a ward girl waits for her, she hesitates. Her job is a secret from everyone but her mother-in-law. "I was shocked but I realized later that art students need live models just like doctors need cadavers," says Sangita, who soon took up the "jigar wala kaam" and is now comfortable enough to tease students on not getting her contours right. "I was shocked but I realized later that art students need live models just like doctors need cadavers," says Sangita, who soon took up the "jigar wala kaam" and is now comfortable enough to tease students on not getting her contours right.Sangita walked in on her mother-in-law posing in the buff for a sculpture class. It was roughly six years ago, days after her husband abandoned her, that Sangita walked in on her mother-in-law posing in the buff for a sculpture class. Her job, which involves holding body contortions for five hours, keeps her occupied only for six months a year."What about the rest? What guarantee do I have for my future?" asks Sangita. While government-run art schools are excited about Maharashtra's fee hike for models as it may invite a larger palette of colours and contours into their corridors, the likes of Sangita aren't too impressed."Increasing the daily salary to Rs 1,000 will help only on days I work," says the daily wage earner.
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