Bureaucrat's painting on 'Kabul' attracts visitors

A painting depicting the ruined palace of Zahir Shah, the last king of Afghanistan, by a senior bureaucrat working with the defence ministry is attracting many visitors at an art exhibition here.
K Subramaniam, an officer of the Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IAAS), is exhibiting six paintings at the 'India Art Festival--India's contemporary art fair' at Thyagraj stadium here.
But it's his painting titled -- 'Kabul, Zahir Shah Palace' -- that is gaining the most number of eyeballs.
The art work shows the ruined palace -- a stark symbol of civil war.
"It also shows a boy going to school stands for hope, while a militia man seems to be in a dilemma," as per the description of the painting, which was made during the officer's stay in Kabul.

Another painting portrays the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher of the 18th century, who is regarded as one of the most important thinkers of modern Europe.

A painting titled 'Purush-Prakriti' is also getting favourable reviews from the visitors.
Purusha is the soul, the self, pure consciousness and Prakriti is that which is created, the painting's description reads.
"Purush and Prakriti are symbolised by Shiva and Parvati. This is the ultimate reality, the one divine which some call Allah (Arabic calligraphy) is in the centre of the painting," the description further states.
This painting was made by the officer when he was posted in Kashmir.

The exhibition, which began on Thursday, ends tomorrow.