The first piece of paper that I folded to make an object took the shape of a paper plane. Birds and fish followed, as extra-curricular classes in school offered lessons on how to transform a square piece of paper into weightless, multi-dimensional objects that bore likeness to their functional/live counterparts. There was something exciting about … Continue reading Between Pleats
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Amma and More
The female body has been seen as a site that begets life, is sexualised from the outset and subject to territorialisation by the male body—both literally and figuratively. In South Asian contexts, the autonomy of the female body from collective (and predominantly male-centric) units has often been seen as a threat and anomaly. The single … Continue reading Amma and More