That’s what our city’s artists are asking on hearing about the R167-crore auction of Raja Ravi Varma’s Yashoda and Krishna. Mega art deals may bring global attention to the desi art market, but they’ve made very little difference for the starving artist on ground

Painted in the 1890s, during the height of the artist’s career, the artwork 'Yashoda and Krishna' presents a nuanced interpretation of maternal love through the two mythological figures