Durga

Like all top modernists of twentieth-century India, Bikash Bhattacharjee too achieved great success in blending the country’s cultural and philosophical ethos with Western realistic perceptions. He excelled in the genre of realism like none other, and therefore, his Durga had to be a realistic depiction of the immense power that a common Indian woman carries in her being, which helps her in running her own life, and those of others dependent on her, with indefatigable precision. She the nourisher, a tireless worker, holds the power to unleash her wrath if required and a beautiful human being above all—these symbolisms are well depicted in this captivating portrait through well-worn artistic metaphors.