A lotus pond with ducks; this tempera painting brilliantly captures nature's beauty in its true sense. Manoj has prolifically betrayed the opacity of the medium in order to encapsulate the fluidity, luminosity, and transparency of water. Fragile, exquisit, and encompassing various forms, this comp0osition has the power to overwhelm the viewer with its calm serenity. It is very intriguing how Manoj Dutta moved away from a human-centric gaze. Rather, a careful reading reveals how the artist situates himself as an integral part of the immediate surroundings and ecology.