Calcutta to Kolkata

(2024-2025)

A bitter-sweet mirage from afar, Kolkata looked like a lost friend who was intimate but not entirely familiar, just a few scattered memories in the head. The crisscrossing roads are alive with rickshaws, yellow taxis, and roads full of people; each one is moving, embracing the “shawl” wrapper of Kolkata. The city looks like an unfinished painting with the hide-and-seek of high-rise buildings of modern Kolkata and colonial architecture. Remembered the noises- the clang of tram bells, the chant of hawkers in rhythm, and then, from afar, the buzzing of life pointed by splatters of laughter. Then, odours returned to the earthy smell of rain-drenched streets, the spicy smell of street food, and the faintest traces of incense from unseen shrines.

This series talked about witnessing the transaction of Calcutta to Kolkata from a distance. It includes various modes of questions that emerged through memory, personal experiences and archives

"Gen 90s"

Size- 60”x 30”

Medium- Watercolour on canvas

Year- 2024

The 90s is a junction at which roots meet wings of tradition and aspiration. They learnt to adapt, transform, and embrace contradiction within the silence of the soul. The last ones to be latter-day unhurried dreamers are also the first of the breakneck-speed thinkers; they still carry the scent of nostalgia covered with translucent walls to a world wholly savaged compared to what they knew as children.

"Kol-Catta"

Size- 72”x 30”

Medium- Watercolour on canvas

Year-2024

“Kol-Catta” The view of a city from a distance. A city is challenging to see behind glowing, feary light curtains. Invites to peer through but never fully step in. That monochromatic city behind the lights holding something in it. A story from a past life.