Still Standing Tall (Mumbai with Horse)

Rendered like a sepia memory etched into timber, the rearing horse becomes a civic sentinel—its muscular silhouette poised between motion and monument, as if guarding the city’s pulse. The warm, honeyed light bleeds through the grain, turning street signage and architectural landmarks into layered palimpsests where authority (“No Entry”) and heritage coexist uneasily. By compressing public symbols into a single vertical stage, the work suggests an urban psyche built from restrictions, reverence, and restless forward drive, with the horse embodying both freedom and disciplined power.