The Indian artist painting women's breast stories
That's why, she says, she"fully relates" to a woman who wrote to her that she feels like"half a person" because of her"small breasts".
Ms Harikumar says while small-chested women write to her about their feelings of inadequacy, many well-endowed women have written to her about the shame and discomfort that size brings. In one of the stories on her Insta feed, a woman writes:"The idea that larger breasts are attractive seems to me to be a cruel lie. The pain when I've tried running. The embarrassment of going to the gym. Breasts getting in the way of various yoga poses. And now that I'm breastfeeding, they're EVEN bigger."
The project stands out because Indian society is still largely conservative and women are expected to dress modestly. Outside of the big cities, necklines remain high and hemlines low, even an innocuous bra strap peeking from under a blouse can invite censure, and only the very daring show cleavage.
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