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Size: 4 X 5 Ft

Inspired by The Last Queen of Punjab – Maharani Jind Kaur, this painting is my modern re-imagination of power, exile, and forgotten glory.

History remembers her as the fierce queen who defied the British empire, but it also reduced her to a lost heel, a silenced woman behind veils and politics. I wanted to paint her not as a relic of the past, but as a living symbol of unapologetic regality – a woman who owned her story, her body, and her crown even when the world tried to strip it away.

Every element in this work reclaims that lost narrative.

The green veil is no longer about concealment it’s gold rebirth. The tigers represent her guardianship, her duality of grace and ferocity. The red bag is a metaphor for inheritance – of power, culture, and resistance carried forward by every modern woman.

The jewels are not adornments, they’re armor. My queens wear Sabyasachi, hold Dior and walk with the same poise as the women who ruled empires before them. They’re reminders that royalty isn’t about thrones – it’s about spirit.

Because queens are never forgotten. They just wait for an artist to remember them.