I am a self-taught artist and I come from Howrah, West Bengal. I paint both realistic and abstract paintings. The inspiration for my artwork tends to come from spontaneous moments of worldly realisation. I believe that the hell we create from our own misdeeds is worse than the hell described in our mythology. Our socio-political world is wrought with so much manipulation and cruelty. I try to portray this admittedly rather grim perspective of our world in ...