Nimisha Bhanot Analysis

Is a box of colors enough to dismantle patriarchy? Nimisha Bhanot certainly thinks so. She seems to have taken it upon herself to express the shunned idea of sexually liberated Indian woman. American Pinups inspired her to give birth to indigenous Badass Indian Pinup Series, which aimed to sexually liberate Indian woman in a way which is normalized and desensitized in western culture but still seen as taboo in a very patriarchal Indian society. This paper intends to establish bifurcation on having a bicultural identity and not knowing where you belong, which further plays a huge role in influencing the sexual identity of women. Nimisha Bhanot, as an Indo-North American woman, her biggest challenge, she says, has been finding a balance between her South Asian identity and the North American culture that she lives through every day. In a report published on Buzzfeed, the artist revealed how her work was inspired by Jyoti Singh 's gang rape

But when looked at the these pinup series through the lens of Indian women, it is totally a different thing. Bhanot explores the idea of the unreal expectations of conformity that are expected out of Indian women even today. "There are no depictions of Indian women being so sexually liberated in painting, so I thought this was a great way to do it because it combines artistic influences from both my North American and Indian heritage.” Says Bhanot (Lets ' talk about Sex). Women with sexual confidence have always been portrayed with a negative connotation and were always considered to be an un-Indian. But in this series all figures made direct bold eye contact with the audience. This gaze increased the subjects ' confidence by making the viewer aware that it 's being watched, observed and potentially judged. And reveling in their sexual allure, confronting their expectations of how "good Indian girls" should