The early Raj era makes way for the great famines post Independence captured by photographer-artist Chittoprasad in stark sepia frames.

The horror of famines is followed by violence and pain - best chronicled in a series of six oil paintings by Jamini Roy titled, 'Crucifixion'.

Roy, known as the 'urban patua' painter of traditional Bengal style breaks away from his traditional figures to draw Christ in the Bengal terracotta tradition. Jesus looks like a Bengali deity from Bankura with red palms and stylized eyes.

F.N. Souza's series on 'Crucifixion' comprising eight oil and charcoal paintings is in contrast modern, where Christ is a ravaged man on the Cross.

'Since childhood, death has fascinated oneself,' said Nevile Tuli, the founder of Osian's. 'But we must learn to dissolve the lines and rise with new fearlessness and compassion. The exhibition is just another step in the direction.'