Career

Her death in India in 1932 was believed by some to be a political assassination. The sisters joined a troupe of magicians known as the Maysculine Brothers. Sunita performed a stunt that involved sitting in a tank of water fully submerged for five minutes (with the aid of a transparent air hose).

They also had a stand selling erotic trinkets at the British Empire Exhibition (1924 to 1925).

Sunita developed a persona as an Indian mystic and fortune teller and became known as Princess Sunita. Sunita posed for the artist from 1924.

Their relationship became more than just artist and model. Smith drew her in 1924 and painted her in The Red Sari, Sunita Reclining, and The Black Sari, Sunita Wearing a Black Sari.

Mrs Epstein was trying to end her husband"s affair with Kathleen Garman by encouraging him into affairs with other women.

lieutenant is unclear, however, whether Epstein had any romantic interest in either sister. Epstein sculpted Enver"s head in 1926 and 1927 (twice) and heads of Sunita three times in 1926. In 1931 Sunita returned to India, saying, according to the American press, "I am going to my death.

I know it is so".

In 1932 it was reported that she had died of "intestinal inflammation". Those who knew her outside India believed that she had been poisoned and that her closeness to participants in the Round Table Conferences had meant that she was seen as a spy.