painting is in her jeans as mansi kirloskar sits on the lawn opposite vidhana soudha colourblocking a huge canvas shes oblivious to her jeans getting soiled with paintbut she likes to get her hands dirty the young artist tells us and she doesnt mind at least a dozen pairs of eyes following her every stroke on the canvas this is the only way ill know how people react to my painting smiles the daughter of geetanjali and vikram kirloskarmansi paints the vidhana soudha with ease making it evident shes beyond her wellknown last name shes been painting since she was eight and her work doesnt betray that shes had no formal training ive just started taking some lessons in college in the us everyone thinks its weird that im taking painting lessons as i can already paint but its important to know the fundamentals she statesshe enjoys her art its the most emotional and spiritually engaging activity its like a diary an outlet i have the freedom to do what i want on canvas she sayson iday she wants young indians to experience that kind of freedom in their daytoday lives people dont have the freedom to be themselves in india there are loads of societal rules they have to follow its always dont do this dont do that especially for girls she says adding im not saying move away from your culture but people should be able to say what they want without feeling pressurised or being penalisedshes keen to return to india lots of young people like rahul gandhi are in politics today and they are cleaning things up im sure things will change in the next 10 years mansi saysputting the finishing touches to her painting her interpretation of the vidhana soudha mansi says this is the seat of government in bangalore much of our life depends on the decisions made by the people in this building