Fabric

The Fabric, has many layers. On Top left is Kunti, leaving a child wrapped in her red saree, and there in starts the game of strategy, shown as chess blocks. On right is the voluntarily blinded Gandhari, tied her eyes with the same fabric, that flows into Panchali whose state of undress creates the war. The red fabric doesn’t stop there, it flows into the womb of Subadhra, forms the viscious chakra vyuh in her stomach. With Pandavas sitting as pawns under the able Krishna’s flute, and Dridhirashtra on his strategic chair, with the game of dice on the mid left, this painting explores Mahabharatha in its entirety, and the same fabric that ties the woman, in the form of child, husband and children also flows into modern day , through the hands of Mr.Time, and becomes the cape of the superwomen of today. Pulling, tugging, also giving them a superwomen tag. The whole painting is rendered in straight lines, which is a stark contrast to the fluidity and curves that are associated with women.