 Hello everyone. My name is Smita. I work with an intergovernmental organization, but besides that I'm an artist. I do illustrations. I have also founded an Arts for Change initiative which is called My Father Illustrations. It's dedicated to fathers who fearlessly fight for the rights of their daughters. So through this project I collect, illustrate and share online inspiring father-daughter stories from all over the world. Without digital technologies I think my work would have been incomplete. First, because most of my illustrations are digitally colored. Second, My Father Illustrations is majorly an online project through which I share my illustrations and engage with people through a Facebook page. I think the greatest beauty of digital technologies is the power to connect with people. The abundance of information and resources is a challenge because as creators we need to be extremely disciplined because otherwise you can be just washed away by the flood of information that is available online. And end of the day you will just end up seeing at too many things and actually doing nothing. The other challenge is the risk of copying and theft because your work is out in the public domain and anybody with a polluted mind can actually steal it or abuse it. So in that case I think it's very important to know what are your copyrights, your intellectual property rights and how best you can protect your work which is available online. The theme for the world IPD, Digital Creativity, Culture Reimagined, I think it's a very timely and relevant topic as an artist. You need to constantly learn and grow. And for that I think digital technologies they provide you with a window of opportunities. Five, ten years ago I would not have imagined myself connecting with artists from all over the world sitting in my studio or without going through any formal arts education. But today it's a reality. I mean I'm living it every day. I'm connecting with international artists networks and collaborating with people from different fields of arts. In a way this whole digital technology has actually liberated my artistic expressions and I think that's incredible.