As immigrants when we come to our new adopted country, we bring a partof our culture, our heritage of our birth country. The word, ‘sanskaar’ refersto a sum and substance of the values, the customs and the cultural traditionsone has grown up with. There is no equivalent word in English that can describethis word. The story of Lord Rama is important, because it conveys a message ofwhat is perceived to be ideal conduct. Skaskaar is a triptych that depicts themythological story of the narration of the story of Lord Rama in the epic‘Ramayana’. As the legend goes, Kak Bhushundi was a saint cursed to be a crowwho was tasked to sing praises of Lord Rama. Hence, he follows Lord Rama (Godincarnate) and narrates the story of his virtues and victory of defeating theevil 10 headed demon king, Ravana. The three panels show three different partsof this story with the underlying message of what are the values and conductthat one must espouse to. The first panel (from left) is entitled, ‘Paragon’.It portrays Lord Rama as being omnipresent as a defender of good over evil. Thesecond panel depicts the narration of the story of Lord Rama by Kak Bhjushundi.The third panel shows a white crow superimposed on the background of multiplecrows. Crows hover around a corpse and make a ‘caw, caw’ sound. The letter ‘Ka’in Sanskrit language means ‘why’. It is believed that the ‘caw caw’ sound ofcrows is like our ancestors reminding us to question ‘why are we here on thisearth?’. Fulfil the purpose for which you ae born. The colour white is alsosymbolic of purity and spirituality. Hence, the white crow is superimposed on adark background.  

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