For her first exhibition in four years, artist Sujata Bajaj went with Ganpati's formal, Sanskrit name — Ganapati. Not Bappa, or Ganu, or Vignaharta. That's because while she has an emotional connect with the god, she's chosen his form — "which is a universal, primal form. He's a global phenomenon!" and parred it down to minimal lines And abstract depictions using the crown, truck and ears of the elephant god.

That's the European part of her nurtured by her 28 years in Paris and marriage to a Norwegian husband. It could also be the Gandhian restraint of her upbringing. But the strong tones of red and orange are all of India. Especially, the specific orange she went looking to match the idol at Moti Doongar (near her hometown of Jaipur) she grew up seeing. "That moorti is not very intricate, but that orange colour is captivating; it's very 'bhavya'" says the 56-year-old who lives between Paris, Norway, India, New York and Dubai, where her husband has business interests.