Bachpan (A Collection of Cloth Dolls)

Arranged in rhythmic rows against a deep, neutral ground, these small cloth figures become a quiet chorus—individuals held in collective formation, each differentiated by the cadence of color and pattern. The stark, pale faces read like masks, their restrained expressions lending the work an archetypal, ceremonial calm, while the cascade of textiles—crimson, saffron, indigo, and floral prints—suggests lineage, migration, and the intimacy of handmade identity. What emerges is a tender tension between sameness and singularity: a community assembled from fragments, where craft functions as both memory and belonging.