Koena
Mitra
has
now
added
another
tattoo
on
her
left
ankle.
She
already
sports
a
tattoo
on
her
waist
and
finger.
While,
she
has
'love'
written
on
her
ring
finger,
she
has
a
chain
inked
on
her
belly.
She
got
the
most
recent
tat
at
Aalim's
studio
in
Versova.
This
is
her
first
design
in
colour.
She
reveals,
"It
is
red
and
black.
It's
like
a
chain
with
the
thorns
in
the
shape
of
spiky
hearts
in
the
knots.
I
didn't
want
to
do
a
big
tattoo
or
faces
or
motifs.
This
way,
I
can
keep
them
hidden
when
I
want
to."
Koena's
tattoo
was
done
over
a
period
of
over
four
hours,
she
reveals,
"My
belly
chain
tattoo
took
over
seven
hours
to
be
made
but
the
ankle
tattoo
was
more
painful
as
it
was
more
over
bone
and
muscle.
It
was
done
by
Abhinandan
Basu,
who
has
a
very
steady
hand
and
is
extremely
fast
-
yet
I
had
to
keep
taking
breaks
as
the
pain
was
unbearable
at
times."
She
adds
that
smaller
tattoos
take
much
longer,
"While
the
belly
chain
required
seven
needles
my
ankle
chain
required
13
tattoo
needles."
Koena
says
her
ankle
tattoo
will
be
to
represent
jewellery.
"I
don't
like
wearing
jewels
everyday
so
the
anklet
tattoo
is
more
like
jewellery."
Story first published: Friday, September 25, 2009, 15:53 [IST]