Amba

12x12 inches; Watercolour and Pen drawing on executive bond paper with (Click on image to enlarge)
SOLD. In private collection

Unwanted

Uprooted

Patronized

Tolerated

And yet unwanted

Bounced

From court

To court

Invalidated

In Love rejected

Undesired

Of being

Of soul

Denied

Defined Of existence

Limited

Constrained

Mutilated

Defamed

By vows and absence

Embraced

Consoled

Nurtured

Rejuvenated

Blooming in self love

Revolting

Offending

Sacrificing

Disregarding

What’s dictated from above

Defying

Denying

Slaughtering

Castrating

What’s accepted as respectable

Amba stands

Unchallenged

Yet vulnerable.

- Rudra Kishore Mandal