Body language

8220;In the aftermath of what happened in Mumbai, there is a lot of anger and need for some sort of a retaliation. There are mixed feelings about war. When we met Kedari, we thought this could be one outlet,8221; says Ram Sonawane, whose nephews got tattoos done by Kedari. 8220;They want to flaunt them at the chawl. Typically a tattoo would have earned them a rebuke from their parents, but as this was done in a patriotic fervour, their parents are quite all right with it,8221; he says.

One of the boys has a military tank drawn, to show war might be an option; two boys have an image of an NSG commando being dropped from a helicopter, the others have images of the Taj and the Oberoi and the Mumbai skyline. 8220;All of us decided to get different images done,8221; says Sachin, Sonawane8217;s nephew.

8220;We wanted to put up banners of Sandeep Unnikrishnan, and the three martyred police chiefs, but we couldn8217;t find Unnikrishnan8217;s picture. It is important that we take these children beyond thoughts of retaliation and revenge and do something constructive,8221; says Sonawane. Kedari says that besides these children, he had already done two permanent tattoos on people with Mumbai as the theme. 8220;They wanted it done as a show of support,8221; he says.

While this is fairly common in the West 8211; after the September 11, 2001 attacks, similar tattoos were popular in the US; it is yet to catch on in India. Tattoo parlous in Koregaon Park say they had not received such requests from clients. 8220;Perhaps clients will come, it is too early to say,8221; says one tattoo parlour owner.

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