Observe the image and answer the following question.
Look at the painting in the image. Which figure in it gives the hint that the story about healing and nursing the helpless is unfolding in India?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → The kneeling figure of the woman
Option (1) The central figure of the seated Mother — Incorrect. The seated Mother with a grown up man on her lap speaks of Husain’s familiarity with European art, Michelangelo’s Pieta. It does not point to India.
Option (2) The grown up man lying on her lap — Incorrect. He lies horizontally on the seated Mother’s lap. He belongs to the Pieta-like group, not to the hint about India.
Option (3) The kneeling figure of the woman — Correct. The kneeling woman on one side gives the hint that the story of healing and nursing the helpless unfolds in India.
Option (4) The baby held by the Mother — Incorrect. The faceless Mother holds a baby each time she appears, with attention on the hand. This is not the hint about India.
NCERT (2026-27): “Mother Teresa This painting by M. F. Husain of the saintly figure, Mother Teresa, belongs to the 1980s. … The central figure of the seated Mother has a grown up man lying on her lap horizontally. This speaks of the artist’s familiarity with European art, especially, the famous sculpture of Italian Renaissance master, Michelangelo’s Pieta. … We, as viewers, have to follow the clues left by the artist to make sense of the story. It is the kneeling figure of the woman on one side that gives us a hint that the story about healing and nursing the helpless is unfolding in India.”
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