Pakistan, Jan. 25 -- Artist, educationist and activist Lala Rukh's two very important works are now part of Metropolitan Museum, New York's permanent collection.

Lala Rukh who was a prominent activist, founder member of Women's Action, professor at NCA, founder of their MA program and an artist whose work is not only shown all over the world but is now also part of major museums like the Tate UK, Jameel Art Centre and Metropolitan Museum New York.

The work acquired by the MET include Mirror Image 1, 2, 3 and Rupak. Mirror Image (1,2,3) is a work on paper that responds to the violence that followed the demolition of the Babri Masjid on both sides of the border in the early 90's. It involves the artist having blackened newspaper images of...