'IT & SHE'
An attempt to address the pinballing association between gender and identity across the storytellings of Hindu mythology, this project presents as a collection of conversations between seven unlikely pairings. With intention to examine the unexplored character of the Woman in the Ramayana, it observes through the eyes of various objects and motifs that surround her as witnesses, a glimpse into a relationship previously gone overlooked, the Woman and the confidante she did not know she had, and the voices that fell through the cracks in the telling.
As such, it is to revisit the Ramayana as a series of short, fictional exchanges, by addressing moments of solitude, reflection and the raw dealings of human emotion — and in consequence, grasp the changing tones of identity and perspective across these seven instances.
AHALYA | THE ROCK
Pen on paper, 21.7 in x 14.7 in
URMILA | THE HAIR
Pen on paper, 21.7 in x 14.7 in
SULOCHANA | THE RIVER
Pen on paper, 21.7 in x 14.7 in
KAIKEYI | THE MIRROR
Pen on paper, 21.7 in x 14.7 in
SURPANAKHA | THE NOSE RING
Pen on paper, 21.7 in x 14.7 in
MANDODARI | THE MARRIAGE SARI
Pen on paper, 21.7 in x 14.7 in
SITA | THE LAKSHMANA REKHA
Pen on paper, 21.7 in x 14.7 in
