I have been a furniture manufacturer since 1990. My wife Radhika and I established a showroom which sells both period and contemporary furniture near Jalandhar in Punjab(India) where we live. Ever since my childhood I developed an interest in model making and reparing small articles. I started making miniatures after I made a dollshouse for my daughter Urvi. The rocking chair was the first piece that I made to 1/12th scale followed by a cylinder bureau. In May 2005 I visited the Kensington Dollshouse Festival which I found very fascinating. This encouraged me to turn miniaturist