Bhrastachar

"Corruption is not limited to any specific person. Anyone can be involved in it. That’s why I haven’t shown the character’s face in my artwork. When someone commits corruption, they often act like no one is watching. So, in my artwork, I have placed a blindfold where the eyes would be — representing that willful ignorance or denial. The money earned through corruption is always used solely for personal benefit. That's why in the background of the artwork, money is flying everywhere — representing that it has been misused and wasted, not used for any good or collective purpose. I’ve used light shades to depict the money, while the character is illustrated in dark shades. This has a symbolic meaning: money can be of two types — white money and black money. All the money shown in the artwork is in light shades, representing white money, but the clothes worn by the character are shown in dark shades, implying that those clothes were bought using black money — money earned through corruption. Moreover, money earned through corruption is not easily visible. People don’t see how it was earned; they only see the materials or possessions bought with that money. Importantly, the inside of the suitcase in the artwork is entirely black. This represents a 'black hole'. Just as a black hole sucks in everything — matter, light, even time — the corrupt person sucks in money and resources endlessly for themselves, with no regard for others. The Golden dot represents the value added to something like Gold."