Time to take a stand .

This painting of a worried mother waiting anxiously at the entrance of her home , in a troubled Indian city.

Done in acrylic on canvas.

I feel she must be praying 'O God protect my children from Thy followers who kill in Thy name.'

I saw today in news a mother from Cannanore telling the camera man that her son left the house on the tenth day of Ramzan saying he was going "to learn the religious text" and never came back home.He was killed in Kashmir recently while trying to cross the border ...had become a tool in the hands of terrorists.

Passage

Completed today. Oil on canvas Sold .

Kudiyattam or koodiyattam --a painting

This is a painting done in impasto style using acrylic on canvas.

I got the idea when I read the news of the sad demise of Koodiattam Maesto Ammannur Madhava Chakyar (1917-2008) at Trichur.

Madhava Chakyar was one of the greatest modernday exponent of Koodiyattom,a centuries old art form of Kerala..forerunner of Kathakali.

His role as Bali in 'Bali Vadham' based on Bhasa's play 'Abhisheka Natakam' was a celebrated one.

By the way,did not Rama kill Bali as a political expediency rather than to serve 'dharma' as was claimed?According to the the popular belief SriRama intervened

on behalf of Sugreva in a most 'unrama' like way --hiding behind a tree and shooting an arrow at Bali killing him and thus winning the undying gratitude of Sugreva and devotion of Hanuman ,both so invaluable in freeing Sita.