Visitors admire paintings at Bharatiya Nritya Kala Mandir in Patna on Tuesday. Archna Sinha’s exhibition depicted the power of women. She had used vermilion in her paintings. Sinha said it took her 22 years to come up with the exhibition. Hailing from Sarmra village in Nalanda district, she portrayed village life in her works such as dried hay and others. The event, a part of the Kala Mangal series, was organised by the department of art, culture and youth affairs and Bihar Lalit Kala Akademi, Patna. Chanchal Kumar, secretary, art, culture and youth affairs, inaugurated the exhibition-cum-sale. Text by Smita Kumar, picture by by Jai Prakash