MASHABLE
By Yi Shu Ng
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| Nalina Nair, a political activist, poses as Kali the destroyer in this photo. |
MALAYSIA---It's ironic that men who worship female deities would harass women. But that's exactly what one Malaysian artist is fighting against through a photo series depicting Hindu Goddesses.
Ruby Subramaniam created the photo series
in response to a Facebook group that was set up to threaten Hindu women with spray paint, should they be "inappropriately dressed" during Thaipusam. The photo series, titled "
This Body Is Mine", attempts to fight body-policing by giving a contemporary art spin to Hindu Goddesses. [
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| The dancer Harshini Devi Retna is painted as the Hindu Goddess, Lakshmi - one of the Tridevi Goddesses, based on the Hinduism concept. This photograph is inspired by the root word lakṣ (लक्ष्) in Sanskrit, meaning to understand your goal and aim accurately. |
