This project came through the process of my research in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh,.I came across several stories of different spaces and lives. Those experiences shaped my mind and changed the course of my practice. It was a constant engagement between a body and its surroundings. Surroundings, which due to drastic differences and rapid change in culture and socio-economic status, consist of multiple parallel experiences. I started to look at how time became a method for creating marks not only on surfaces, but like a touch, which I always feel, through its absence, by the residue, by the marks.For my research, I studied small shops and dhabas beside the Grand Trunk Road, which is one of Asia’s oldest and longest roads. It dates back to the Mauryan empire and earlier, some say to the Iron Age. It was rebuilt by Sher Shah Suri in the 16th century A.D and later by the British. It extends from Kabul through Lahore and Delhi to Kolkata in West Bengal and Chittagong in Bangladesh. It is currently in-cluded in the network of national highways, and forms a vital link for trade and communication. Many of the shops and dhabas belong to migrants from different areas of the country, looking for work or sometimes for a better lifestyle. I am interested about the notion of home.It is also about multiple experience ; multiple relations between body and a space. I am interested in the deeper implications of “Home”. I hope through this research process I can understand the complexities, patterns of migration and how this notion of home carries a thousand meanings and its present situation. Most importantly, every home has a different kind of comfort and consequently carries a different kind of compulsion to stay there. The families are also very different from each other because they come from different states, regions, localities and cultures and for me this experience is new each time I visit, which is often. The historical Grand Trunk Road, along which the university is situated, became an important mediator in experiencing simultaneity and flux through body.
Transience and Materiality: The Grand Trunk Road, In Dadri, 2018-2020
Project I,II,III
Pen on Paper
2.5 Ft X 1.8 Ft
My process unveils relationships between space, time, and light—a journey from reality into memory and abstraction.
Rust on Paper,resideu of iron objects from Dhabas/Shops placing on the Paper 10 Inch X 7 Inch
Rust on Paper,resideu of iron objects from Dhabas/Shops placing on the Paper 10 Inch X 7 Inch
Pen,Ink,photograph on paper 11 Inches X 8.5 Inches
Pen,Ink,photograph on paper 11 Inches X 8.5 Inches
Pen,Ink,photograph on paper 11 Inches X 8.5 Inches
(Left) Iron fragments from multiple sites oxidize in water, staining underlying paper. Daily repositioning generates overlapping patterns that document temporal movement.(Right) These drawings combine photography, direct mark-making, and image transfer to examine simultaneity and ambiguity—extending how we understand memory and perception.
Cyanotype on Paper 11 Inches X 8.5 Inches
Cyanotype on Paper 11 Inches X 8.5 Inches
Cyanotype on Paper 11 Inches X 8.5 Inches
Treated Photocopy on Paper 8.3 Inches X 5.8 Inches
Treated Photocopy on Paper 8.3 Inches X 5.8 Inches
Treated Photocopy on Paper 8.3 Inches X 5.8 Inches
Treated Photocopy on Paper 8.3 Inches X 5.8 Inches
(Left) Iron fragments from multiple sites oxidize in water, staining paper below. Daily repositioning generates overlapping temporal patterns.(Right) These drawings combine photography, direct marks, and image transfer to examine simultaneity and ambiguity—extending concepts of memory and perception through layered mark-making processes.
This four-video installation examines space, movement, and temporal collection. Construction machines in Hyderabad appear as roaming monsters among emerging colonies. Surajpur footage explores space-in-motion through vehicle windows. Plant collections become still life narratives manipulated through light, creating layered explorations of place and time.
Pen on Paper 2.3 Ft X 1.7 Ft
Pen on Paper 2.3 Ft X 1.7 Ft
Pen on Paper 2.3 Ft X 1.7 Ft
Pen on Paper 2.3 Ft X 1.7 Ft
Print on Paper 11 Inches X 8 Inches
Print on Paper 11 Inches X 8 Inches
In Nur's carpenter shop in Dadri, cell phone numbers cover the walls like a phonebook, revealing technological connection while flattening personal experience into digits. This small room-home contains evidence of mobility, education, craft, religion, and land—multiple realities converging in one space that reflects my situated experience.
Pen, Graphite Pencil on Paper 2.5 Ft X 1.8 Ft
Pen on Paper 2.5 Ft X 1.8 Ft
Pen, Graphite Pencil on Paper 2.5 Ft X 1.8 Ft
Pen, Graphite Pencil on Paper 2.5 Ft X 1.8 Ft
Pen and Ink on Paper 2.1 Ft X 1.6 Ft
Pen and Ink on Paper 2.1 Ft X 1.6 Ft
Pen and Ink on Paper 2.1 Ft X 1.6 Ft
Pen and Ink on Paper 2.1 Ft X 1.6 Ft
I'm exploring movement through tonalities, creating spatial flux where marks flow into each other. Inkjet printing's dust pigments enable subtle variations—a journey between black and white, extreme light and dark. Light and surface constantly interact with our eyes. The camera extends human retinal function, making this medium's mechanism fascinating.
Scanned images of Diary Printed on paper.
Scanned images of Diary Printed on paper.
Archival Print on Paper
Archival Print on Paper
(Right) Photographs from Okhla Bird Sanctuary combined with scanned diary sketches create these layered images through digital process.
(Left) My constant diary companions build intimate relationships through note-taking. Scanner distortions strip original meaning, yet these altered images already embody time's passage—transforming documentation into memory fragments that exceed mere notation.