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This water colour is based on the work of William Simpson (India as seen by Simpson 1860-61). I love the vibrancy of Rajasthani colours – the desert land my ancestors hailed from. Not too long ago, my grandmother wore similar dresses. We still have one such rice mill at our home in Gangtok, India.<\/p>\n

The title, ‘Endless Grinding’ signifies the lifelong housework which a typical Indian homemaker indulges in, without any expectation of reward or benefit.<\/p>\n

I painted this during my second year in NTU, Singapore (Industrial Attachment days – working with Hewlett Packard).<\/p>\n

The date signed is 14 Jan 1997.<\/p>\n

The painting also won me the 1st Prize during ‘Perceptions and Expressions’ organised by the School of Applied Science, NTU.<\/p>\n

The original 1867 work by William Simpson is titled, Women grinding corn<\/a>. The medium is chromolithograph. This is the description at the online gallery of the British Library<\/a> and Europeana<\/a>: “This is a chromolithograph of plate 12 of William Simpson’s ‘India: Ancient and Modern’. The laborious task of grinding corn in India was always performed by women, using two large flat circular stones. The upper stone had a handle for turning and a hole through which corn fell on to the lower stone, where it was crushed.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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