Santanu Roy

This is a reproduction of newspaper print of a painting (I don't remember name of the original artist). A 'Railway Station Porter' in India is called 'Coolie'. This man is found sitting on platform, at a railway station in Punjab, India. All people in this profession wear the same scarlet red uniform. Here, the man with turban identifies him to be 'Sikh' by religion. The man, probably waiting for passengers in a desolate platform carries profile of a lost, vintage era!!! The rich red uniform is almost a second skin. Our 'Porter' is a symbol of a bygone timescale.