The resilience and bravery of women "craving for salvation" or "desiring to fly" have been captured in an artistic manner at the United Art Fair (UAF), 2013 here.
Through paintings, graphics, multimedia, sculptures and other forms of art, various artists have depicted the difficulties, hopes and dreams of women who have faced obstacles and injustices.
Puja Kshatriya, who has been pursuing her passion for the arts over the last forty years, has drawn 16-year-old Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani school girl whom Taliban gunmen had attempted to assassinate for advocating education for girls, in one of her paintings.
"I have used her (Malala) face metaphorically to convey the message that everything can be resolved without being combative. My paintings are about standing for your own rights without resorting to violence," says Puja whose works deal with frailties and the experience of being human.
Terming Malala's fight against the Taliban a "brave thing," she said for there is no single inspiration for an artist.
"An artist gets inspired from various sources. Then he puts together all that to create his work," says the artist.
Meanwhile, artist Vijendra Sharma's paintings depicts women who are either trying to break free from the clutches of the society or yearning to search for their identities in the crowd.
