India, July 26 -- Chandra Bhattacharjee's towering charcoal portraits quietly restore dignity to marginalised lives we often choose to ignore

Some exhibitions ask to be admired while others make us confront uncomfortable realities. Shots in the Dark, by artist Chandra Bhattacharjee, which is currently on view at Triveni Kala Sangam at Mandi House, New Delhi, belongs to the latter. Walking into the gallery, you are immediately confronted by towering charcoal figures of men and women whose canvas scale compels your attention.

These paintings stand taller than you. An intentional inversion of the reality outside the gallery, where such lives are routinely overlooked. But inside the gallery, the artist makes you confront them. Artist Chandr...