She lived between worlds as a outcome of her upbringing, incessantly yearning for a sense of belonging. It was a novel illustration of women from India in an period when photographs tended to portray them as cheerful and docile. These works additionally spotlight the importance of the “male gaze” in establishing the female image. Despite being lacking from the body, the male lover serves as an important one-time offer reference level; his look transfixes Shakuntala, in addition to Damayanti, into “desired” footage, presenting them as poetic and sensuous ideals. Along the identical traces, a couple of art historians criticized his…
