The sketch throbs with urgency and hardship of peasant resistance. Hore, deeply moved by the Tebhaga struggle, portrays not just the act of labour but the weight of injustice pressing on these bodies. The hunched backs, tense arms, and faceless determination symbolise resilience and suffering shared by countless peasants. There is no romanticism — only stark empathy, showing how hunger and oppression carved themselves into human form. Hore transforms ordinary gestures of sitting and working into timeless images of resistance, where pain, endurance, and collective strength become inseparable.
Size : 8 x 11 in