The ICCR and SEHER organised the SAARC Artists’ Camp in Jan 2007. The coming together of 25 artists from the eight SAARC nations – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, created an ambience that was evocative, allowing the solitude to paint, and yet evoking a feeling of togetherness, sharing and feeling connected. The camp was vastly different as it not only provided a place and opportunity to paint but tried to surround the artists with other contemporary versions of imaginative creativity such as music, poetry and dance. The camp reiterated the fact that creativity flourishes in an atmosphere of harmony and friendship.