NYC sewer Made in India Painting

No One Cares About Your Cast, 2025, Oil & Acrylic on Cotton Canvas

Cast(e) in India — Archival Erasure & Labor
This series elevates NYC manhole covers—made by Dalit laborers under exploitative conditions—into art objects, exposing how caste-based oppression underpins global infrastructure. By re-contextualizing these industrial artifacts, it makes invisible labor visible and invites a critical look at entrenched systems of inequality.

Not-enoughness travels: Not Brown enough in Delhi, India, not Black enough in Brooklyn, USA, Not White enough in Boston, USA
—same caste code, new ZIP…  

Walkman, 2025; Stop-Motion Animation; Duration 1 minute

“ARE YOU WHITE ENOUGH?”
WALKMAN – A Stop-Motion Satire
What if New York City’s iconic pedestrian signals were caught in a turf war—each competing to be the whitest of them all?
Two men battle for whiteness—exposing the quiet absurdity of colorism, identity, and hierarchies.
Installation View

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