Samanta uses portraiture – a theme steeped in historical tradition – in order to delve into time and its impact on memory and recall. The portraits, which individually define their specific subjects, envelop seemingly inconsequential and banal objects in a much wider context. The objects become “witnesses”; receptacles of memories that travel through the folds of time and space.
Samanta imbues the uncanny imagery with symbolism that travels from the universe of the frame to the field of vision of the viewer.

In her accompanying essay, writed Veeranganakumari Solanki notes that, "The Pot, a rather evocative work, draws its ancestry from the artist’s family home, where his grandmother fed a crow with the belief to serve her parents. It is that fold of memory from
the artist’s mind that opens up to viewers. Similarly, other objects from this series reside in the minds of their past and are presented here with an opportunity to enter another’s memory with time."