An ardent follower of Ramakrishna Paramhansa, who taught of the multiplicity of spiritual paths, Parekh has chosen the Mother Goddess as the grand icon to make his oblations. Unlike the majority of India's liberal intelligentsia, Parekh has never been queasy about religion and spirituality. Instead of shutting his eyes to the reality of religion in India, he chooses to express his spirituality in no uncertain terms. The story of an artist fascinated with form and abstraction, Ritual Oblations is a brilliant assay into the mind of the devotee enthralled with the all-seeing third eye of the Godhead. How the eyes stare at you from every frame, probingyour mind and heart, observing how you react, testing your convictions. Parekh has succeeded in stirring up emotions that we ritually deny ever existed.

The colour red rules the display. Parekh, in his inimitable style, has juxtaposed the dominant red with dazzling dashes of green and blue with the finesse and poise of a tightrope-walker. Abstractions his paintings might be, they strike you no less strongly than any picture-perfect realism.

Strong content and stronger aesthetics are a rare commodity indeed in today's art in India. More often than not, one is sacrificed at the altar of the other. Parekh has proved to be a welcome exception with his latest offerings that disturb and delight you at the same.