Keeping India in mind, I chose to work with the national language “Hindi”. One the most prominent and funny part of the language that I find, are the proverbs, idioms or in Hindi “muhavare”. The Muhavare (or idioms)  mean something way different than its literal meaning and I thought of using that mismatch as my concept.

 

I chose to perform my self for this artwork. ( yes thats me and my eyes! )

 

Medium : Photography, Image manipulation

 

Thanks to  Saurabh Ghiya  for the awesome photopgraphy  

Idiom : Ankhe Bichana

Literal Meaning : To unroll an eye.

Actual Meaning : To give respect to some one.

Idiom : Ankhe Kholna

literal Meaning : To open an eye.
Actual Meaning : To make some one realize something.

Idiom : Ankho se Girna

Literal meaning : to fall off from someone's eye.
Actual Meaning : To lose respect for someone.

Idiom : Palko pe Bithana
Literal meaning : to make someone sit on your eye.
Actual Meaning : To give respect and give all comforts to someone.