Purabiya — Eastern Winds

The migrant gaze eastward — railway ticket stubs, maps and rusted locks embedded in forged iron. Purabiya names both a direction and a people: the Bhojpuri wind as memory and prophecy, carrying workers out and songs back.

Iron + mixed media · 2024

Eastward Panel

Tickets and maps set in iron — routes traced in rust, departures stamped over with arrival dreams.

Ticket stubs · maps · rusted locks

Detail · locks

Locks and Wind

Rusted locks hold shut what migration opened — houses locked, letters kept, winds that remember every door.

Talwar Gallery New Delhi, 2024