Cast(e) in India

This project uncovers the hidden intersections of caste, labor, and urban infrastructure—viewed through something as overlooked as a manhole cover in New York City. Many of these covers are manufactured in India by Dalit laborers working under exploitative conditions, their contributions erased beneath our feet. By relocating these industrial objects from functional obscurity to artistic reflection, Cast(e) in India challenges viewers to confront how caste-based oppression transcends borders, embedding itself in the very structures of modern life. This work turns public space into a site of inquiry—where invisible labor becomes visible, and systems of inequality are laid bare.

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

Stop Motion Animation

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?

WALKMAN is a stop-motion animation that blends humor with critique, using pixelated figures to unpack the absurdity of colorism, caste, and racial identity. Conceived as a class project at the New York Academy of Art, the film turns an everyday symbol into a stage for silent hierarchies and unspoken tensions.

It’s playful. It’s pixelated. It’s political.
And it’s funny—until it isn’t.

Installation View

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