This plant is called ‘sadabahar’ or ‘always prosperous’ because it grows anywhere and everywhere.
In this mundane occurrence, abject survival is masked as eternal abundance.
Like this plant, oppressed-caste people are expected to survive anyhow, in abject lacks; while always believing with pride and joy in the namesake ‘eternity’ of the ‘eternal-laws’ that oppresses them.
Installation developed at Serendipity Arts Residency 2022
Shown at Serendipity, Delhi and Goa, 2022
In this mundane occurrence, abject survival is masked as eternal abundance.
Like this plant, oppressed-caste people are expected to survive anyhow, in abject lacks; while always believing with pride and joy in the namesake ‘eternity’ of the ‘eternal-laws’ that oppresses them.
Installation developed at Serendipity Arts Residency 2022
Shown at Serendipity, Delhi and Goa, 2022
