Surat-based Nimisha Parekh creates history with her Mehndi art in computer binary language

Surat (Gujarat): Nimisha Parekh, co-founder of Mehndi Culture in Surat, has received recognition for her ‘Beauty in Binary’ Mehndi art on an NRI bride. Nimisha, who has been in the Mehndi profession for over three decades, has pioneered many new techniques by creating trending, traditional, and concept-based mehndi designs.

So, how did Nimisha come up with the idea of using binary numbering code in a computer system to create a unique mehndi pattern? Ami Patel, who moved to Surat from America for marriage, works in the computer industry, and her future husband is a software engineer. Thus, she considered mehndi, which connects both of their professions, and finally decided on binary code mehndi, which is the language of computers.

Nimisha found it difficult to experiment with mehndi designs without understanding the binary number code used in the computing system. She did this by first learning binary language and then converting it into mehndi art.

Nimisha Parekh translated Ami Patel’s emotions and some of her life’s special dates into binary code and gave it the form of beautiful Mehndi.

Binary is a base-2 number system that uses a pattern of ones and zeroes to represent numbers. Mechanical switches were used in early computer systems to represent 1 and 0 respectively. Computers could represent numbers in binary code by connecting switches in series. Inside the CPU and RAM, modern computers continue to use binary code in the form of digital ones and zeroes.

Nimisha Parekh used this code to create a beautiful message that she weaved beautifully in mehndi art on the bride’s hands, connecting mehndi culture and art with the world of technology.

Nimisha popularised Mehndi by incorporating Warli art and Tamil Nadu’s ancient culture Sikku Kolam art. She has been teaching aspiring artists innovative mehndi art at a mehndi conference in the United States.

“I am constantly on the move to create new concepts through mehndi,” Nimisha Parekh said. “It is always my goal to employ many women through this art. By applying mehndi to a pregnant woman’s belly and educating pregnant women about the benefits of applying mehndi to the belly, we create a beautiful combination of science and culture. We promote this art not just for style or status symbol but to represent our culture”.