Artist: Geeta Yerra
Work: Original Oil Painting, One of a Kind
Medium: WN artists' oil paints on stretched linen canvas
Year: 2025
Style: Surrealistic, Contemporary Concept art 
Size: 89 X 143 X 3 cm
 
"So you won't give your gold bangles in exchange for my good health?" The husband thundered, his voice trembling with frustration.

The man was highly upset that his wife is not choosing him and his health over her gold bangles. But the lady knew the man claiming to cure her husband from all illness is actually a con man in the garb of an ayurveda doctor of great acclaim. The moment their gazes locked, she realized along came a fox, not a savior.

This quack proclaimed that with a pair of gold bangles, he could create the mystical swarnabhasma - gold dust with the power to heal ailments from hypertension to diabetes as prescribed in Ayurveda. Swayed by the eloquent deception, the head of the household fell into the trap laid before him.

The lady of the house knew she can't escape the predicament without loss of gold. So with reluctance and sadness she chose to let go of the smallest piece of gold in her disposal. So she gave a pair of earrings. But still her husband was angry thinking that she has chosen gold over his health. So she said calmly, 'let him return with the swarnabhasma tomorrow, and I will give my bangles too'.

They were lucky and he didn't return the next day! They were spared from the clutches of deceit, a testament to the wife's keen perception and quiet resolve. With a twinkle in her eye, she playfully taunted her husband, "You know, my gold is much more important than you," then burst into laughter leaving him red faced!
 
Relationships are sometimes challenged by external threats in very unexpected ways. In those crucial moments, everyone becomes foreigners to each other.