[kamaal]

>>I wonder if anyone is still painting them?

Yes, its quite thing even today. The banners tend to tear and fly away due to high winds.

So painting is still a thing in pretty much all over India. I even knew a neighbour who would do it. Like he painted our street address on our home. He also did many such things on highways.

Not sure if you know this, most such painters are illiterates and will have a hard time writing anything by hand. So its less of a font painting, more like a art form for them.

Only a while back, even movie posters were painted and quite honestly they would be stunning. I have seen them as a kid and would inspire awe.

On a tangential note, a classmate of mine had a flare for it, and he even did some projects with making huge mega massive stunning artistic displays with paint and thermocol, not sure what he is doing now, but back then those things looked quite impressive.