Some of these portraits are now part of architect-artist Sofia Karim‘s project Turbinebagh, which invited artists, writers and thinkers from across the globe to design samosa packets expressing resistance against authoritarianism. The project was shortlisted for the Jameel Prize and the samosa packets have been exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and Centro Cultural Palacio de La Moneda in Santiago, Chile. There is an upcoming exhibition at the Franklin Rawson Museum in San Juan-Argentina, and another at Kunsthaus Göttingen, curated by Gerhardt Steidl in partnership with Documenta 15.

Earlier this month, World Vision India sent me to Guntur in Andhra Pradesh, India to document problems being faced by HIV positive people in the wake of a severe shortage of Antiretroviral drugs. This work will be part of Ek Nazar, a group exhibition where I share space with with Srinivas Kuruganti and Mark Antony, on the occasion of World AIDS Day in Delhi. The exhibition will later travel to many cities across India.