Against an orchestrated sweep of scarlet tapestry and a group of women with faces hooded in ghunghats, towers designer and illustrator Tanya Bedi. Inside a long-sleeved jacket sits a bralette with a neckline plunging practically to her navel; her robust torso draped in a flimsy silk-organza dupatta held in place around her waist. Bedi, who stabs her gaze right in the eye of the camera, is a killer combo of knockout sex appeal and audacious ownership. Karan Torani calls her Hastini. She is a "Goddess of carnal desires" featured among a tetrad cast of characters; Padmini (model Lakshmi Rana), Shankhini (brand consultant Angelique Rana) and Chitrini (artist Shivo Shiv Suleman) in the Delhi designer's Instagram promotion of the festive line called Kaaya.

The visuals of four main leads shot against 30-odd women covered head to toe linger in the mind, and question the male gaze. "Both images are disturbing and make you squeamish. I hope the viewers understand what is problematic here—no matter how a woman dresses, how clothed or unclothed
she is, it always leaves her open to speculation."